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Carbon-Neutrality as a horizon point for Irish Agriculture
Carbon-Neutrality as a horizon point for Irish Agriculture

This study was conducted in the context of the discussions on the development of a new national climate change policy and the publication of the Heads of a Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Bill on 26 February 2013 by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Minister Phil Hogan, T.D. Specifically, it aims to address and provide a scientific framework for the formidable but constructive challenge posed to the agricultural industry in the final climate policy analysis report from the NESC Secretariat: "Ireland and the Climate Change Challenge - Connecting ‘How Much’ with ‘How To’". The latter report proposes to work towards carbon-neutral agriculture as a ‘horizon point’ for 2050, in which agricultural emissions are fully offset by carbon-sequestration.

02 December 2013
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