Ireland should not use other countries’ poor climate record as cover for our own
. But these green credentials are not backed by evidence, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and Ireland’s agriculture emissions are at an all-time high.
Methane, the most significant greenhouse gas in agriculture, is responsible for about half of a degree of global warming already. Its concentration in the atmosphere is two-and-a-half times larger than it would be without human activities. An immediate, steep cut in global methane emissions is necessary to prevent the worst effects of climate change according to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.necessary to achieve this, and the idea is gaining traction.
The Dutch government has announced €60 million into research for cultivated meat – real meat that is grown from animal cells in vats, bypassing animals, with a far lower environmental footprint. Cultivated meatsafe to eat in the US by the Food and Drug Administration and the sector is growing rapidly.
This innovation represents the transformative changes that are possible in the global food system, which can cut greenhouse gas emissions and allow large ecosystems to be restored by freeing up the land we use to feed animals. A transformation of similar scale is already under way in the Irish power system, where stakeholders are working towards a fossil fuel-free electricity system in the 2030s. There are also signs that a similar transformation of the transport sector is starting to take off, withBut actors are still pushing strongly against a transformation of food production and land use, using arguments like carbon leakage.
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