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"Intense lobbying from the meat and dairy industry since 2020 has helped weaken
and stall crucial climate policies in the European Union, according to a new
report from InfluenceMap.
For the past three years, agricultural industry associations such as farmers’
union COPA-COGECA, European Livestock Voice, and the European Livestock and
Meat Trades Union (UECBV) have spearheaded the pushback against six key EU
climate policies, alongside meat and dairy companies such as Cargill, Arla, and
Vion.
The report, published on 29 May by InfluenceMap, a think tank that analyses the
impact of business and finance on climate change, found that the livestock
industry had “largely succeeded” in weakening EU policies, which were designed
to slash the climate impact of the meat and dairy sector.
The six policies targeted by the industry include the EU’s
Farm to Fork
Strategy, the
Industrial Emissions Directive Review – which aimed to reduce
climate pollution such as methane released by farms – and the
Sustainable Food
Systems Framework, which aimed to drive the transition to more sustainable
diets.
The report found that three other policies – the
Review of EU Farm and Food
Products Promotion Policy,
Review of EU School Fruit, Vegetables and Milk
Scheme, and the
Methane Strategy – were also the targets of heavy lobbying
by meat and dairy interests.
“Following obstructive behaviour from the industry, and the infiltration of
industry narratives in the EU Parliament and EU Commission, policies that are
fundamental to reducing GHG emissions in line with scientific advice have been
significantly weakened or have stalled,” said Venetia Roxburgh, EU program lead
at InfluenceMap.
“Without science-based policies tackling the sector, it does not seem likely
that European agricultural GHG emissions will reduce in line with 1.5C.”"
Via Diane A.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
