Amendment to NI's Climate Change Bill sets separate target for methane

Ulster Farmers’ Union president Victor Chestnutt said farmers in the North were "utterly relieved" the amendment had passed.

The amendment tabled by Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots sets a separate target for agricultural methane emissions, with a target set of a 46% reduction in methane emissions by 2050 compared to 1990. File photo

Farmers in the North have sighed in relief after MLAs voted in support of a separate target for methane, being set within the Northern Ireland Executive’s Climate Change Bill on Tuesday.

The amendment tabled by Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots sets a separate target for agricultural methane emissions, with a target set of a 46% reduction in methane emissions by 2050 compared to 1990.