Agriculture minister launches public consultation on plan for sectors to adapt to climate change

The department’s aim for effective adaptation is to reduce the long-term costs of climate-related disruptions while seizing any new opportunities that a changing climate may present

This process for the draft 2025 Sectoral Adaptation Plan will include the agriculture, forestry and seafood sectors preparing for a range of climate-related events such as floods, fodder shortages, and increasingly severe storms affecting harbours, forests, and other vulnerable sectors.

A public consultation process on the draft 2025 Sectoral Adaptation Plan for the agriculture, forestry and seafood sectors has been launched.

The announcement of the public consultation launch came from the Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon. Commenting on the launch, Minister Heydon said: "I am very pleased to launch this public consultation for the 2025 edition of the Sectoral Adaptation Plan.