EU’s international aid crusade doesn’t augur well for farmers
EU agricultural policy expert Alan Matthews has highlighted we are a special case, and would find it 50% harder than any other EU member state to rein in our agricultural emissions as part of whatever overall 2030 emissions target emerges from this weekend’s European Council. There are signs other member states won’t be sympathetic to Ireland’s plight.
It may be left up to the European Commission to propose how food production can be sustainably intensified in the EU, while optimising greenhouse gas mitigation and sequestration.
