Professor Peader Kirby:

One of the means by which we can meet our objective is through carbon sequestration, so the extent to which we can find ways - afforestation and so on - of sequestering more of the carbon, or methane in the case of cows, is an issue for experts. The Deputy also seems to be asking me whether I believe we can balance our targets across Europe so that we might be allowed to have higher emissions in agriculture and other countries would have lower emissions. Those are issues for diplomatic negotiation. The European Union is committed to reductions of up to 90% in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. That does not allow for much leeway for any sector of the European economy to be emitting any substantial greenhouse gas emissions.