Thursday, 19 September 2024.
Yesterday we posted parts of the letter that Brazil sent to the European Commission on 11 September 2024, on purpose of the European Union's anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR).
Accordingly, “… a matter of serious concern for various Brazilian export sectors and for the Brazilian government. Brazil is one of the EU’s main suppliers of most of the products targeted by the legislation… unilateral, coercive, and punitive measures erode trust in nationally determined contributions when used as a pretext for imposing trade barrier …”.
In the following day 12 September, in a press conference, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he had requested Ursula von der Leyen to suspend the new EU anti-deforestation law. In his case, sharing concern from German publishers - pulp and paper are listed as wood products (see yesterday’s link to Annex 1) - that last March had already indicated the regulation as “praxisferne Vorgaben und eine weitere drastische Bürokratiebelastung für Unternehmen” (impractical requirements and drastic Bureaucratic burden for companies)
“EU officials have admitted that they are potentially considering either a delay to the implementation or, alternatively, a simplification of the rules.” added Euronews on an article about the Brazilian letter.
As you see, on top of post-COVID inflation explosion on purpose of global supply chain issues, and besides CBAM, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism also from the European Union, there are other serious concerns on international trade, somehow related to climate adaptation.
Not to mention the impressive dynamics of natural aggravating factors, such as extensive wildfires, destructive floods, super hurricanes and historical droughts.
Last but not least, here is an interesting report from OECD "The role of carbon pricing in transforming pathways to achieve net zero emissions: Insights from current experiences and potential application to food systems".
At the same time the report analyzes emissions trading or carbon taxation schemes in food systems - already facing significant technical, methodological and geopolitical barriers - in indicates that 29.3% of the global population (2.3 billion) suffer from food insecurity and almost 10% (828 million) suffer from hunger.
Full of great figures and tables, from the Executive Summary, we quote:
Low carbon price still undermines its role in the net zero transition
Transitions need to be careful and take aspects of justice into account
For a just transition, supply and demand policies must be addressed comprehensively and simultaneously
Decarbonization of food systems is not simple
Click at the image below for the report.
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