The EU aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 – but has been investing four times as much money into carbon-intensive livestock farming than growing plants, research has found.
More than 80% of subsidies given to farmers through the bloc’s common agricultural policy (CAP) went to animal products in 2013, according to a study published last week in the journal Nature Food: 38% directly and 44% for animal feed. The “vast majority” of CAP subsidies are going towards products that are “driving us to the brink”, said study co-author Paul Behrens, environmental change researcher at Leiden University.
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