Forestry’s climate control role highlighted at Farm Europe conference in Brussels

Agriculture and forestry could and should play a key role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, according to Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.
Forestry’s climate control role highlighted at Farm Europe conference in Brussels

He welcomed last week’s Paris agreement by 195 countries which seeks to limit global temperature increases to less than 2 degrees, and to pursue efforts to achieve 1.5 degrees through binding commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Speaking at a Farm Europe conference in Brussels, he said the agreement includes particular points of importance to the agriculture, food and forest sectors.

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