The government is “failing to embrace the potential of farms to generate renewable energy”, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association...
July 26, 2021
Selective breeding can reduce the methane intensity of dairy cows by up to 24% by 2050 through establishing an economic...
July 23, 2021
According to the European Commission, research indicates that the European livestock sector – such as beef, dairy, sheep and pork...
July 15, 2021
Irish farmers haven’t received the recognition for their efforts on climate action to date that they should have, due to...
July 6, 2021
Targets to reduce methane emissions must take the food security of each nation into account according to a new study...
July 5, 2021
Bayer has announced the European launch of its global carbon initiative. The main goal is the decarbonisation of the food...
July 2, 2021
The Irish wind energy industry has welcomed the new National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF). Ireland has a target to develop...
July 1, 2021
Minister for Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman has approved funding to support 14 youth-led projects in the area of climate...
June 8, 2021
Research is underway to calculate the carbon sequestering potential of Irish farms – but the ability to calculate accurate figures...
June 4, 2021
A new strategic partnership aims to tackle methane emissions in the dairy industry – through the use of methane-reducing “masks”...
June 3, 2021
Despite decreasing in 2019, Irish ammonia emissions are still non-compliant with the EU ceiling, according to the Environmental Protection Agency...
EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture fell by more than 20% since 1990, but have stagnated since 2010. Still,...
June 1, 2021
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has appointed William Walsh as the organisation’s chief executive officer (CEO). Walsh joined...
May 21, 2021
Five key stakeholder organisations in the Irish dairy sector have come together to issue a joint commitment on climate action....
May 19, 2021
The current narrative of farmers being laggards on climate action is “wrong and unfair”, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
May 13, 2021
Irish agriculture is “willing to embrace and accelerate” changes required for climate action – but “it cannot be asked to...
May 8, 2021
Sacrificing the national herd “at the alter of climate change” would have “no net gain” because Irish agriculture is among...
May 7, 2021
The climate impact of going vegan for two years is the equivalent of one transatlantic flight per passenger – meaning...
May 6, 2021
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