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Policy Coherence of the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework: Integration of Carbon Farming in Climate and Agricultural Policy Cover

Policy Coherence of the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework: Integration of Carbon Farming in Climate and Agricultural Policy

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 29 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
By: Krista Laktuka,  Ilze Luksta and  Dagnija Blumberga  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2025-0045 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 658 - 684
Submitted on: Jun 13, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 10, 2025
Published on: Oct 18, 2025
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Carbon farming,
certification framework,
CRCF regulation,
EU climate policy,
SDG 13
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

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