{"id":1858,"date":"2022-07-19T09:14:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T08:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/agriculture-minister-in-denial-about-emissions-targets\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T09:14:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T08:14:14","slug":"agriculture-minister-in-denial-about-emissions-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/agriculture-minister-in-denial-about-emissions-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Minister In Denial About Emissions Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>This refusal to be honest with farmers is putting them in a very vulnerable position<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue is in denial about the contribution agriculture will have to make to our carbon budgets, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRanges for sectoral emissions targets were published last November with the Climate Action plan. That was eight months ago and we still don\u2019t know what the precise target will be in any sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublication of these legally-binding limits has been continually delayed &#8211; primarily because of a rear-guard action by Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue to prevent agriculture from doing its fair share.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Morning Ireland this morning, the Minister insisted that every sector would have to do \u201cthe most it possibly can do to reduce its emissions profile\u201d but then refused to admit the logical consequence of that position \u2013 that agriculture will have to reduce its emissions by 30pc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe climate crisis is an existential threat and every sector, including agriculture, will have to reach the upper limit of their sectoral emissions targets if we are to have any hope of meeting our climate action obligations. The Minister may be in denial \u2013 but the reality is that Ireland will not be able to reach its legally binding emissions targets unless agriculture plays its part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it stands, the upper limit of 30pc for agriculture is already significantly less than the demand being placed on other sectors \u2013 which have upper limits ranging from 41pc to 81pc. In the context of agriculture being our biggest emitter, responsible for 37pc of our greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, the upper limit of 30pc is the only credible option.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time that politicians, like the Minister, stopped pretending that significant reductions in agricultural emissions can be made in the absence of a reduction in livestock numbers over time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis refusal to be honest with farmers is putting them in a very vulnerable position. Farming, as an industry, is the most exposed to the climate crisis \u2013 and has the most to lose if we fail to meet our targets and our climate and biodiversity changes irrevocably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time for the government must stop dithering and delaying and show some respect for farmers. They must now engage with them in a transparent way, provide clarity about what is required and ensure that supports are in place to assist farmers with the necessary transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government must put its money where its mouth is and support farmers to make this crucial change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>19 July, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This refusal to be honest with farmers is putting them in a very vulnerable position Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue is in denial about the contribution agriculture will have to make to our carbon budgets, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cRanges for sectoral emissions targets were published last November with the Climate Action [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[405,268,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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