Climate, land use change and the EU-Mercosur Agreement: Accelerating tipping points

Provisions in the EU-Mercosur FTA conflict with ambitious climate action. If enacted, the agreement would result in an increase in EU imports of primary agricultural commodities from a region critical for maintaining global biodiversity and regulating climate. Based on available information, if ratified, the EU-Mercosur agreement would:

• Incentivize socially and environmentally destructive land use change, edging the Amazon further towards its “tipping point”
• Facilitate further destruction of the Gran Chaco and the Cerrado
• Increase greenhouse gas emissions, undermining climate goals in both regions
• Fail to ensure supply chain traceability and sustainability standards, effectively empowering agribusinesses in both regions to expand business as usual

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