Last week, many of you joined us to call your TDs to make sure that they knew about the recent nationally representative poll on attitudes to climate action. The work we have done together means that climate action is firmly on the agenda,but there are sticking points. It needs be fair on the most vulnerable in our society and there needs to be a strong focus on a move to sustainable agriculture. That's why our policy experts have put together a briefing on what the agricultural sector needs to do.
We know that two-thirds of people living in rural areas and three-quarters of people nationally believe emissions from agriculture need to be reduced by supporting a move to more sustainable farming. Also, 9 out of 10 people say that the government should be guided by science and expert advice on climate action as they have been on Covid-19 [1]. We need politicians to read the agriculture analysis put together by Stop Climate Chaos’ policy experts, know that they have public support and bring it to the negotiations.
The Dáil has already recognised the
existence of a climate and biodiversity crisis: but now is the time to
act on that commitment, by putting a new approach to agricultural
emissions at the heart of the Programme for Government. Ireland will not
be able to achieve its climate obligations if rising emissions from the
agriculture sector are not meaningfully addressed during the lifetime
of the next Government. Commitments made in current negotiations will be
crucial in determining the pathway Ireland will take over the coming
decade if we are serious about meeting our climate obligations.
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