Climate Action Plan sets out proposals for farming

A tractor spreading processed fertiliser.

Incentivising voluntary livestock reductions and developing a proposal for a cow reduction or exit scheme are listed among the critical measures for success in the Government’s new Climate Action Plan 2024.

The plan calls for accelerated climate action after 44% of agriculture’s emission ceiling was already expended in 2021 and 2022, leaving the sector needing to reduce emissions by, on average, 8.3% annually for 2023, 2024 and 2025 to remain within the ceiling.