Irish farmers are told on Thursday that they should reduce a quarter of their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a target described by the farming sector as a “potentially devastating blow.”
The target is part of the government’s “Climate Action Plan” after parliament passed a law committing Ireland to slash emissions by 51 percent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050 at the latest.
After the coalition government reached an agreement on sectoral emissions ceilings Thursday, the electricity sector was told to cut emissions by 75 percent by 2030, compared to the figure in 2018. The transport sector has to slash emissions by half, public and commercial buildings by 45 percent, residential buildings by 40 percent, industry by 35 percent, and other sectors by half….