Carbon farming framework likely to take years to develop

It is likely to take years before the next steps towards a carbon farming framework for Ireland could be completed

Oireachtas members were recently told that rewarding farmers to practice carbon farming solutions could help address climate change.

A regulated, certified system to pay farmers for the carbon they remove from the atmosphere and store on their lands is still some way off in Ireland.

It is likely to take years before the next steps could be completed.