Farming subsidies should be linked to environment and climate protection – environment ministry
Ministry for the Environment (BMUB) / Die Welt
The German Federal Ministry of Environment suggests a new “social contract” to align the agricultural sector with the country’s environment and climate protection targets. This would include linking subsidies to farmers’ contributions to climate change mitigation and nature conservation instead of the size of their land. Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said in an interview with Die Welt that emissions in particular from the agricultural and transport sectors have to be lowered to reach Germany’s 2020 climate target.
Read the BMUB policy brief in German here and the interview here.
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