If the payment were adopted and complied with, EU agricultural-peat emissions would fall substantially and the monetised benefits of restoration would exceed its costs.

Projected adoption outcome; contingent on compliance, emission-factor accuracy, and farmer uptake, so it is isolated and not asserted.

• The European Commission's own impact assessment values EU ecosystem-restoration benefits far above their cost, with climate benefits alone exceeding restoration costs.
  Evidence for this premise (1)

  Carbon Brief 2024 - Q&A on the EU Nature Restoration Law

  Reports the Commission impact assessment: restoration benefits ~EUR1.86tn vs ~EUR154bn cost, with climate-mitigation benefits alone outweighing costs.

  https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does-the-eu-nature-restoration-law-mean-for-climate-and-biodiversity/

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• Are the stated bad consequences likely to occur?Open
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