Following the publication of the delegated act by the Commission in July 2026, this report has been updated to reflect the latest provisions of the text This report examines cross-cutting and specific issues in the carbon farming methodologies, covering agriculture and agroforestry on mineral soils, peatland rewetting and afforestation. This analysis builds on Carbon Market …
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This report examines cross-cutting and specific issues in the carbon farming methodologies, covering agriculture and agroforestry on mineral soils, peatland rewetting and afforestation. This analysis builds on Carbon Market Watch’s (CMW) internal review of the draft delegated act, and the expert analysis of Oeko-Institut, GHG Management Institute, Carbon Plan, and Infras, who have previously collaborated …
Read more “Faulty to the core 2: Analysing the methodologies for certifying carbon farming”
The European Commission’s methodologies to certify carbon farming activities in the EU are now worse than the original draft presented back in 2024. The EU must not allow this to pass.
EU draft rules to certify carbon sequestration and emissions reductions fall short of the scientific demands outlined in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, new analysis shows. EU policymakers must significantly improve them before formal adoption.
Oeko-Institut analysis commissioned by Carbon Market Watch shows that the EU’s carbon farming methodologies are far weaker than the imperfect requirements laid out both in the voluntary carbon farming and under the Article 6.4 Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
At today’s Carbon Removals Expert Group, Carbon Market Watch and allies from EEB, ECOS and Bellona highlighted the unsuitability of proposed carbon farming methodologies.
At today’s Carbon Removals Expert Group (CREG) meeting of EU policymakers and stakeholders, CMW, together with civil society partners EEB, ECOS and Bellona, highlighted the key changes that are necessary to improve the EU’s draft Delegated Act for carbon farming activities.
The use of the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) Regulation to promote carbon farming poses risks and challenges. Our analysis focuses on the implications of integrating temporary CRCF units from carbon farming into the policies; that is, the integration of certified CRCF units generated through carbon farming activities that increase the amount of carbon sequestered in natural sinks or reduce CO2 emissions from soils and are subject to significant non-permanence risks.
The European Union’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) framework risks worsening the financial situation of small-scale farmers, undermining rural development and could fuel land grabbing. The EU urgently needs a sustainable alternative in which both farmers and nature can thrive.
