Government cannot continue to 'play around' with farmers', warn climate experts

'If farmers were successful in getting to net zero, we would still miss our 51% reduction target because two thirds of our emissions arise from the non-agricultural sectors,' Dáil committee told

Climate experts claim there is often an unfair emphasis on agriculture in the emissions debate.

Climate experts have warned that the Government cannot continue to "play around" with farmers, claiming there is often an unfair emphasis on agriculture in the emissions debate.

The director of the Climate Research Centre at Maynooth University Peter Thorne has told politicians he "despairs" about how a massive focus is placed on agriculture and not other sectors when carbon emissions reductions are being discussed.