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Introducing a tax on agricultural GHG emissions? The Danish Case

16-05-2024

Denmark is the first EU country with a proposal for GHG emission pricing in the agriculture sector. Such plans were requested in a progress report on EU climate policy, published in...

Open letter to Ursula von der Leyen on climate goals Agri-Food and ETS

24-04-2024

Letter to the attention of: Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission Urging the EU Commission to Establish a Carbon Reduction Target for Agriculture by 2040 and...

Danes will decide on agri-CO2 tax or meat tax this summer

18-03-2024

An expert committee in Denmark presented a Green Tax Report on February 21 for a CO2 tax in agriculture in 2027 with the aim of significantly reducing non-energy related climate...

EU 2040 agri climate goals: majority support for Agri-ETS

26-02-2024

On 6th February 2024 EU Climate Commissioner Hoekstra presented recommendations for the 2040 EU climate goals for all sectors, including agriculture. But emission reduction goals for...

Food Economics Commission Report CO2-neutral Food Systems

15-02-2024

The report of the Food Economic Commission titled “The Economics of the Food System Transformation”, published on January 29th 2024, urges for a transformation of global food systems due...

Rousseau Institute report CO2-neutral Europe: meat taxes needed

03-02-2024

The TAPP Coalition is happy to support the "Road to Net Z€ro" report recently published by the French Institut Rousseau, written by many scientists with support of many European research...