Simon Coveney warns against ‘very unbalanced picture of agricultural land emissions’

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has warned against “a very unbalanced picture of the contribution of agricultural land to the emissions challenge”, unless afforestation will count as a positive in the calculation of overall emissions.

The role of forestry in emissions may be one of the decisions made at the global summit on climate change which started on Monday in Paris.

“Afforestation has a major part to play in achieving Ireland’s climate change targets in the context of an overall European target of a 40% reduction in emissions by 2030,” said Mr Coveney last week.