A recent study published in Nature Food reveals that over 80% of the EU's Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) subsidies, totaling 57 billion euros in 2013, are directed towards livestock and animal product farming, a sector significantly contributing to pollution and undermining the EU's climate objectives. The research criticizes the CAP for supporting high-emission agriculture through direct payments to livestock farmers and subsidies for animal feed production, thereby challenging the EU's climate mitigation and adaptation goals. It emphasizes that this financial encouragement of emissions-intensive agriculture not only hinders efforts towards reforestation and biodiversity but also affects global markets through the export of subsidized products. The study calls for a reevaluation of the CAP to prioritize environmental benefits and climate adaptability.