EU organizations join forces with farmers to fight climate change

EU organizations join forces with farmers to fight climate change

Agriculture provides livelihoods for 10.5 million farms across the EU. The whole industry in the EU is responsible for about 10% of the region's greenhouse gas.

This shows that the EU not only has the opportunity to set an example but must also take the responsibility to design agrifood systems that are good for people and the planet.

Agriculture can be part of the solution to remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere while also increasing the resilience of the agricultural system and society to climate change.

Strong partnership networks are needed in making this a reality.

Working together with farmers instead of excluding them from the process, the ‘Carbon+ Farming Journey’ Coalition has shown initiative to transform the agriculture sector to benefit climate, people and society.



Agriculture is an important sector for the European economy. It provides livelihoods for 10.5 million farms across the EU and, if the entire agrifood sector is included, 44 million jobs are dependent on agricultural production. The EU is also the world's largest agrifood exporter, putting the region’s activities and actions at the helm of the global trade. Yet agriculture in Europe, which occupies more than 40% of the region’s land mass, is