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EU locks in carbon farming certification methodologies, as final text mirrors leak

Published 08:50 on January 23, 2026 / Last updated at 08:50 on January 23, 2026 / / EMEA (Europe), Nature & Biodiversity (Policy), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS)

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The European Commission has signed off on its first set of EU-wide carbon farming certification methodologies with almost no substantive changes compared to a draft that leaked last week, locking in proposed accounting rules and a generous transitional regime for early projects.
The European Commission has signed off on its first set of EU-wide carbon farming certification methodologies with almost no substantive changes compared to a draft that leaked last week, locking in proposed accounting rules and a generous transitional regime for early projects.


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