Government aims for eventual ETS type regime for EU agriculture
The Government says it will work with other EU states and the European Commission on the creation of an alternative regulatory regime for agricultural emissions, to help address the challenge of meeting increasing food demand while contributing to climate commitments, and avoiding the off-shoring of agricultural activity to less carbon-efficient countries.
The alternative regulatory regime could be an emissions trading system, which is already used for reducing the EU’s industrial greenhouse gas emissions from power stations, industrial plants, and airlines.
