Environment
The EPA has today (Tuesday, May 28) published its greenhouse gas emissions projections for the period 2023-2050.
N.Ireland
Farmers for Action (FFA) is calling for the immediate establishment of a hemp processing facility in Ireland.
The first in a series of public meetings that tie-in with the setting of Northern Ireland’s first three carbon budgets has been held.
Farming organisations are encouraging farmers to attend one of the upcoming public consultations on Northern Ireland’s future carbon budget.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has forecast that agricultural emissions could fall by almost 20% by 2023.
Agri Politics
The government seems to be overlooking its own legal obligations when it comes to the sectoral emissions reduction targets, An Taisce said.
Agri-Business
These sectoral ceilings will determine how each sector of the economy will contribute to the achievement of the carbon budgets
The Rural Independent Group has hit out at the lack of opposition to the Government's carbon budgets which passed through the Dáil last night.
Rural Life
Ministers will be subject to a 'comply or explain' system of enforcement and monitoring under the carbon budgets.
The process for setting the emissions reduction targets for each sector of the economy is set to move onto the next phase now.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) will focus on reducing nitrous oxide emissions in agriculture (from fertiliser)
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications has launched a public consultation on the proposed carbon budget programme.
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action will meet today (Tuesday, November...
The Climate Action Plan 2021 was released today outlining how Ireland will reduce its overall national emissions by 51% by 2030.
The government's plan to significantly reduce Ireland's emissions by 2030 as part of its climate...
The government should recognise that agriculture is stepping up to the mark on climate change and...
The carbon budgets published this week by the Climate Change Advisory Council will "affect every aspect of young farmers' lives - Macra
One TD has claimed that the emissions reductions under the carbon budgets will "destroy the existing way of life" in rural Ireland.
Beef
The report from the climate council - outlining a reduction in cattle numbers - "ignores the positives" of sucklers, the INHFA has said.
President of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA), Eugene Drennan, has said that hauliers are 'at breaking point' and may protest in the future
The president of ICMSA has said that it was alarming to hear spokespersons continuing to stress the word ‘feasible’ when referring exclusively to emissions targets.
The carbon budgets released yesterday (Monday, October 25) have generated much reaction across the agricultural and rural sphere.
Forestry
To coincide with the confirmation of carbon budgets up to 2030, the CCCAC also released a technical report on how these targets can be met.
