{"id":1864,"date":"2022-07-28T11:23:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T10:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/agricultural-emissions-just-transition-farming-ireland\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T12:30:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:30:46","slug":"agricultural-emissions-just-transition-farming-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/agricultural-emissions-just-transition-farming-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural emissions decision must be accompanied by a Just Transition Plan for farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Government must develop a proper just transition plan for farmers to help them reach their climate targets<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Government must ensure there is a just transition and a fair deal for farmers as they face the emission challenges ahead, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFarmers will play a major role in reaching Ireland\u2019s legally binding climate targets. They must be supported to make the necessary changes if we want to successfully reduce our national emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are now in a situation where decades of Government decisions have led many farmers down a very intensive route of farming to earn a decent living each year. We can\u2019t turn around now and say they must pay the price for political failures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the long awaited decision is finally made on agricultural emission targets it must include a Just Transition pathway. Farmers must be given proper financial support and guidance from the State to meet the challenges that they will face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an opportunity to develop our agriculture model for the better. For years now the current agricultural system hasn\u2019t worked for farming families and it hasn\u2019t worked for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a chance to move away from intensive farming and towards a better future for rural communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>28 July, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government must develop a proper just transition plan for farmers to help them reach their climate targets The Government must ensure there is a just transition and a fair deal for farmers as they face the emission challenges ahead, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cFarmers will play a major role in [&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-1864","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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