#Mercosur and @eu @agriculture 🧵

"Because of the current loopholes in the legislation and ease of land use displacement, postponing the ratification of the free trade agreement by individual member states would avoid negative and unintended consequences for the global #climate and #biodiversity. […] Instead, the current status-quo with #tariffs would support a shift towards increased domestic production."
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382760567_The_EU's_new_anti-deforestation_law_has_severe_loopholes_that_could_be_exploited_by_the_forthcoming_EU-MERCOSUR_trade_agreement

#co2 #carbon #deforestation #beef #chicken #EU #EUPol #palmOil

"While many developed countries, China and India have obtained net forest gains domestically, they have also increased the deforestation embodied in their imports, of which tropical forests are the most threatened biome. Consumption patterns of G7 countries drive an average loss of 3.9 trees per person per year" (until 2015).

Nguyen Tien Hoang & Keiichiro Kanemoto (2021): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01417-z.epdf?sharing_token=gW0dAxz1m2PjWUhgENZUotRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MFqPG3Hup0UdoBt27CZ-9Dsh28L5LJnoS7rm_cBtC65hnHQw-G-vOTTxaw2kg3IE8eZXdHj8ATyI4CnLE8PqFzafqCkuaGmY9SCt-ZDdO7c4_bWbPL3pFBjLjFaOaj6KsNBADmCH2lehENx1lWrQEPHQiqCEPUZgrzW2aJjtSdGL2dZspkpk49SxH0sdaByqU%3D&tracking_referrer=www.carbonbrief.org

#CO2 #carbon #deforestation #beef #meat #EU #EUPol #palmOil #emissions #forests #agriculture

Emissions from land use change represent about 10% of global CO₂ emissions.

"Brazil, Indonesia and Democratic Republic of Congo make up more than half of global emissions.
China used to be a source of CO₂ from land use change, now a sink, thanks to large reforestation programmes"

wrote Pierre Friedlingstein lead of the study: https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2025-659/

#GlobalCarbonBudget #CO2 #carbon #deforestation #beef #meat #palmOil #emissions #forests #agriculture #Brazil #Congo #Indonesia #climateChange