EU edges closer to agreeing climate change package

EU environment ministers edged closer to agreeing a climate change package that they hope will lead the rest of the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Ireland, which has been supportive of the package overall, looked like securing agreement on having forestry taken into account as a means of reducing its carbon footprint.

It is also likely to have its problems in agriculture recognised, as close to 40% of the country’s emissions is methane gas from cattle. No other country has such a high proportion of its emissions from agriculture.