Bellona Europa, alongside the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Carbon Market Watch, and ECOS, has submitted a joint statement to the EU Carbon Removals Expert Group outlining key concerns with the current carbon farming methodology.

While acknowledging some technical improvements, the statement warns that significant gaps remain. In particular, it highlights weaknesses in how risks, baselines, monitoring, and environmental safeguards are handled, raising concerns about the potential for overcrediting and unintended negative impacts on biodiversity, soil health, and climate outcomes.

The organisations call for stronger rules to ensure that carbon farming delivers real, measurable climate benefits, avoids environmental harm, and maintains the credibility of the EU’s carbon removal framework.

• Joint-statement-on-carbon-farming-methodologies (pdf)