Environment
There seems every prospect that farming for carbon will have a strong role to play within Irish agriculture...
Agri-Business
An air quality specialist has told a meeting that we need to change the narrative when it comes to...
"Eating our way out of climate change" would not have a major impact on climate action, according to US scientist Dr. Frank Mitloehner.
Dairy
Reducing the herd size in Ireland "wouldn’t do anything" for the climate, due to carbon leakage, according to Dr. Frank Mitloehner.
A new narrative on methane emissions from livestock is supported by the science community - but "ignored" by media, a US scientist contends.
Agriculture is going "full throttle" across the globe - yet greenhouse gas emissions from the sector remain at pre-Covid-19 levels.
The way methane is treated is "probably not appropriate", according to the chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council.
While there is not necessarily a need to cut herd numbers, increasing numbers is also not the way to go, according to Dr. Frank Mitloehner.
An event examining Irish farming's role in climate change, organised by the IFA, is taking place in Dublin today.
Agri Politics
California, the largest agricultural state in the US, is succeeding in its bid to reduce methane emissions – without losing any livestock.
Agriculture and forestry combined are “a greater sink than source of greenhouse gases”, according to Dr. Frank Mitloehner.
Beef
Livestock emissions are completely different than fossil fuel emissions, according to global air pollution expert Dr. Frank Mitloehner.
"The FAO took it back; but the horse had left the barn," Dr. Frank Mitloehner outlines the intricacies of the global agri-emissions debate.
