22 Jun 2021 --- European agricultural funding destined for climate action in the 2014 to 2020 period has not contributed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from farming at the EU-level. On the contrary, a new European Court of Auditors (ECA) report identifies that most of this money went to measures with “low climate-mitigation potential.” Although more than a quarter of all agricultural expenditure of the EU in 2014 to 2020 – more than €100 billion – was earmarked for climate change, agricultural GHG emissions have not decreased since 2010, the report’s authors warn. FoodIngredientsFirst attended a recent press briefing to discuss the findings of the analysis, which was hosted by ECA member for Romania, Viorel Ștefan, alongside the association’s audit team.
