Summary
In this perspective, we unpack how carbon farming is presented in current European Union (EU) policies. Specifically, we examine three EU frameworks: the European Green Deal, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) regulation, assessing their claims related to carbon farming on arable land. Key problematic tensions emerge. The European green deal sets broad expectations of carbon removals but the role of carbon farming is undefined. In the CRCF, market-based incentives and their resulting economic benefits take centre stage, but the policy remains silent on the end-use of carbon removal and carbon reduction credits. This omission risks turning a formal separation of removals and reductions into a practical equivalence, exacerbating the risk of
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