[nhma]

The EU could take a page out of Denmark's climate playbook to easily meet emissions targets.

A large contributor of projected Danish emissions has been low-lying wetlands converted to farmland via draining. Calculations predicted that reflooding these areas could saves millions of tons of emissions, so this became a hot political topic. However, the Danish climate minister recently announced that he had wonderful climate-related news to share; the emissions from these areas were significantly less than first anticipated! And with these magical news, Denmark's 2025 emissions goals have now been met. However, what the minister failed to mention was the fact that the only reason these lands emit less than anticipated is because they have already emitted most of the greenhouse gasses stored in them, just at a much faster rate than initially predicted.

[scotty79]

Still good news given all the recent farmers protests in the EU.

[mytailorisrich]

If they destroy productive farmland, what's the impact on food supplies and food prices?

This sounds desperate and counterproductive so good of they can 'justify' not doing it.