Irish farmers warn of an uprising if Government continues with “vicious” measures to meet net-zero targets

 Ireland will need to quadruple its afforestation targets, reduce its livestock by 30% and re-wet 90% of reclaimed land if the agricultural sector is to meet net-zero targets.

Yesterday, the Irish Daily Mail reported that Irish farmers have warned there will be “nothing short of an uprising in rural Ireland” if “vicious” measures are applied to the agriculture sector to meet net-zero targets.

A report commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and paid for by the Departments of Agriculture and the Environment is undergoing final preparation and is scheduled to be published in early March.

If all the changes take place as suggested in the EPA report, 3.1 million acres – or one-fifth of the State’s total land mass – will change in use.

The report, obtained by the Irish Daily Mail under Freedom of Information legislation, found that to meet net-zero emission targets by 2050, the land and agriculture sector must...<<<Read More>>>...