Carbon Farming Delegated Act Joint Statement

The statement argues that the draft Delegated Act lacks necessary safeguards regarding indirect land-use change, livestock emissions, and long-term carbon storage. It calls for the reinstatement of additionality criteria, the introduction of liability mechanisms for peatlands, and the inclusion of social safeguards to prevent land speculation.

• The draft Delegated Act lacks an indirect land-use change (ILUC) calculation, which the authors argue is necessary to prevent the displacement of food and feed production when the scope includes croplands, grasslands, and other lands.
• The current methodology for rotational grazing fails to account for methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock, potentially resulting in a negative net climate effect.
• The authors warn that current provisions do not prevent the clear-cutting and burning of trees after 40 years in afforestation projects, which could lead to the subsidisation of extractivist forestry schemes.
• The statement calls for the removal of derogations regarding additionality and the reinstatement of the common practice criterion to ensure that certified practices are truly additional.
• The document identifies a need for a liability mechanism for peatlands and project-specific risk assessments to avoid the undercapitalisation of buffer pools.
• The authors argue that the draft lacks social safeguards to prevent land speculation and exacerbate inequalities in the land sector across the EU.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (n.d.). Carbon Farming Delegated Act Joint Statement. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CREG-joint-statement-5-Feb-26.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Carbon Farming Delegated Act Joint Statement. n.d. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CREG-joint-statement-5-Feb-26.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Carbon Market Watch |title=Carbon Farming Delegated Act Joint Statement |url=https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CREG-joint-statement-5-Feb-26.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatchndcarbon, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Carbon Farming Delegated Act Joint Statement}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CREG-joint-statement-5-Feb-26.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }