Climate & Environment

Farmers to be asked to reduce emissions by 25%

Negotiations over sectoral emissions ceilings had reached an impasse in recent weeks over agriculture’s proposed range of 22-30% emissions reductions by 2030 from 2018 levels

Charlie McConalogue, second from the left, Minister for Agriculture, had pushed for a 24 per cent reduction in emissions for farmers. Also pictured are Fine Gael TD Martin Heydon, Eamon Ryan, the Minister for the Environment, and Pippa Hackett, Green Party Senator. Picture: Government Information Service

A deal to reduce agricultural emissions by 25 per cent has been agreed between the Ministers for Environment and Agriculture.

Negotiations over sectoral emissions ceilings had reached an impasse in recent weeks over the issue of agriculture’s proposed range of 22-30 per cent emissions reductions by 2030 from 2018 levels. Eamon Ryan, the Minister for Environment, was refusing to go below the halfway mark of 26 per cent on Wednesday evening, while Charlie McConalogue, the ...