{"id":19879,"date":"2024-02-07T13:53:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=19879"},"modified":"2024-02-07T13:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T13:54:19","slug":"eu-simmers-down-on-farmers-endorses-major-2040-climate-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/02\/07\/eu-simmers-down-on-farmers-endorses-major-2040-climate-target\/","title":{"rendered":"EU simmers down on farmers, endorses major 2040 climate target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Commission has backed down on a previous requirement to cut non-carbon dioxide gases on farms by 30% before 2040. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of farmer-targeting measures, the European Union (EU) on February 6 decided to cut industrial greenhouse gases by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/eu-recommends-ambitious-2040-climate-target-goes-light-on-farming\/ar-BB1hRPCv\"><u>&nbsp;90%<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;by 2040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision is a goodwill gesture to European farmers who have been protesting in France and Belgium over climate-related rising costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the EU has shelved another bitter requirement on farms to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/eu-commission-set-to-scrap-plan-to-halve-pesticide-use-after-farmer-protests\"><u>cut down pesticides<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;by 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This change of heart came through a proposal by Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission. Leyen said that the bloc\u2019s farmers need to receive a listen rather than \u201cpolarize\u201d the pesticide issue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of herbicides, weedkillers and pesticides remains a tough call even outside the EU. In fall 2023, for instance, there was refusal of entry of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/08\/25\/u-s-cherries-denied-entry-into-taiwan-for-at-least-a-month\/\"><u>U.S. cherries to Taiwan<\/u><\/a>\u00a0over pesticide concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For crop producers in the EU, a rise in costs due to minimum residual requirements has become a major grievance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-grievances-in-france\"><strong>Grievances in France<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers in France spearheaded protests against EU&#8217;s ecological regulations by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/why-are-french-farmers-protesting-2024-01-29\/\"><u>blocking major roads<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in Paris before January 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protesters also cited stiff competition for their produce from cheaper sources as their biggest huddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the crunch of the matter is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/europe\/2024\/01\/30\/france-farmer-protests-paris-siege-barricade-putin-food-crisis-eu\/\"><u>high fertilizer prices<\/u><\/a>, doubling energy costs and costly farm implements. Some of these expenses have been occasioned by the long-term Russia-Ukraine war.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cost of ammonia, which manufactures nitrogen fertilizer (NPK), hiked to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-10-29\/european-fertilizer-prices-set-to-surge-amid-energy-squeeze\"><u>$910 a tonne<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in 2021. This is even as the import price of fertilizer into France rose by 21% in 2022, to $430 a tonne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the pesticide and non-CO2 requirements over, however, European farmers see this as their victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Paris farmer told Fortune of trying to protect the environment for two decades but now was the moment to let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU\u2019s decision to slash greenhouse emissions without hurting farmers parallels UN\u2019s similar approach two months ago at COP28. In that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/12\/04\/dubais-cop28-summit-a-game-changer-for-global-agricultural-emissions\/\"><u>\u2018game-changer<\/u><\/a>\u2019 climate summit, countries cut a last minute deal to go slow on fossil fuel phase-out.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has backed down on a previous requirement to cut non-carbon dioxide gases on farms by 30% before 2040. \u00a0 Instead of farmer-targeting measures, the European Union (EU) on February 6 decided to cut industrial greenhouse gases by&nbsp;90%&nbsp;by 2040. 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