The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC) has published the report “Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Agri-food Sector – Recommendations for a Coherent EU Policy”. The report calls on the EU to better integrate climate mitigation and adaptation across the entire value chain. Its aim is to safeguard food security, strengthen farmers’ livelihoods and align the agri-food system with the EU’s climate goals.

The EU agri-food sector is central to achieving EU climate neutrality, but emissions from agriculture have not fallen fast enough and the sector also faces growing climate risks, as well as environmental, social and economic pressures. Against this backdrop, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC) commissioned technical support to help assess how EU policy can better strengthen mitigation, adaptation and resilience in the agri-food system.