Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion
Mr. Marc Kierans:
I thank the Senator. As I said, the climate action plan set out a number of possible scenarios towards a pathway for the agricultural sector. They were outlined in the opening statement of my colleagues from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Those scenarios will be a challenge. They will have to deliver. Some of them will deliver; others will not deliver as much ambition as we hope. That is the point of the plan, however. The climate action plan will revise them and we and those responsible will have to increase ambition in certain sectors. It will be a challenge but we have to set a target. From the discussion in the earlier sessions, it is clear that we have to act now, set ambitious targets and cut emissions across all greenhouse gases. That is the purpose of the sectoral emissions ceilings in the climate action plan.
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