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Forest campaigners have warned Europe’s forests could absorb nearly a fifth less carbon by 2025 than at the turn of the millennium after the European Commission finalised benchmarks on the climate impact of forestry that they claim give member states leeway to increase logging.

The European Commission has opened initial consultations on plans for stricter CO2 emissions standards for cars, overhauling the carbon market, new rules to green farming and buildings, and changing how land-use is factored into net emissions calculations.