Farmers join the global interest in boosting carbon credits

Farmers are already measuring the potential of their farms to take advantage of the opportunities offered by carbon credit markets, a system that Brazil intends to promote at COP30 with a view to achieving greater integration. The host country of the Climate Summit, which begins tomorrow, has proposed the creation of a coalition for the integration of carbon markets, with the aim of harmonizing standards, connecting existing trading systems, and generating "liquidity, predictability, and transparency." Around the world, there are about 80 countries or jurisdictions with a direct carbon pricing system; just under 40 have a regulated market. The European Union (EU) established at the end of 2024 its first voluntary certification framework for permanent carbon absorptions and soil emission reductions (which farmers can join), as a complement to the CO2 emissions trading market, where energy-intensive companies must buy emission rights. Sources from the World Farmers' Organization ...