Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion
Mr. Niall ? Brolch?in:
It is. On the agricultural and land-use sectors, which are merging in terms of climate at a European level, it is the low-hanging fruit. I heard Dr. O'Mara talking about cows earlier and I saw a lot of members nodding their heads to the idea of reducing carbon without necessarily reducing herd numbers. There is too much emphasis on cows and we are missing the bigger picture. The figures we have at a global level are that peatlands are the most efficient ecosystem for carbon storage on the planet and we are blessed with them. We are already seeing large pension funds beginning to buy up a lot of peatlands, for example, because they know what is coming at a European and global level and they are planning ahead. I would far prefer to see local communities benefiting rather than large multinational finance houses.
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