Climate

CHAIRING his first meeting of the Beef Forum last week, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, TD, commented that ‘it is not realistic to expect the Forum to solve all of the issues of the market place, but there have been a number of significant achievements already.’

ICSA president Patrick Kent has said that the report on Climate Smart Agriculture makes little or no contribution to the fundamental question of how do we ensure viability for Ireland’s farm families.  

The Dutch took over the helm of the EU’s rotating presidency on January 1* and plan to closely monitor the agricultural market situation – particularly dairy and pigmeat – and examine ways to promote climate-smart agriculture by the end of its six-month tenure. 

World leaders from almost 200 countries agreed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels to collectively limit the increase in the global average temperature to “well below 2°C” compared to pre-industrial levels and “pursue efforts” to keep warming below 1.5°C in a legally-binding deal hammered out on December 12th.

Southern Star June 28 2015