4 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2021/2006(INI)
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector; emphasizes in addition the opportunities of measures related to farm management, such as optimal rearing of young livestock which has the potential to reduce methane emissions at farm level;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy; calls for the acceleration and support of European biogas production from agriculture waste, such as on-farm pocket digesters, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. NEmphasizes the importance of agriculture in capturing and storing carbon; notes that within the wider circular economy, the uptake of carbon removals and increased circularity of carbon should be incentivised whilst avoiding additional pressure on the price of agricultural land, to the detriment of young farmers; calls on the Commission, in accordance with the EU Climate Law, to explore the development of a regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals on the basis of robust and transparent carbon accounting that takes into account the differences between the greenhouse gases, and to verify the authenticity of carbon removals and reward farmers for their mitigation efforts.; notes that farmers can be supported through the CAP, but should be able to rely on other sources of support too;
Amendment 169 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes the biogenic origin of methane emissions from the agricultural sector; stresses that biogenic methane sources in comparison to fossil resource combustion, do not add new carbon dioxide to the atmosphere after decomposition, as it stems from carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere;