Drastic action needed in forestry if we are to meet our climate targets

Dáil debate focuses on efforts to address climate change and the impact on farmers

Minister Eamon Ryan: 'A lot of the emissions we will save from forest sinks will only accrue in the next decade or in the next lifetime of that forest.'

We need to take drastic action on forestry if we are to meet our climate targets, said Environment, Climate and Communications Minister Eamon Ryan in the Dáil last week.

In his statement on Climate Action last Thursday, he said we often see land use as a sink or as a store for carbon, but 2018 measurements showed land was a source of emissions.