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Editorial: climate change - new climate technologies essential for farming
Jack Kennedy
Ireland could face up to €26bn in fines unless more investment is carried out now to help reduce emissions.
16 April 2025 Letters
Properly accounting for ruminant methane emissions
"Avoiding Ireland's 2030 Emissions Fines - At the Stroke of a Pen" - Jim O'Brien, chair, Irish Climate Science Forum (ICSF).
26 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Farm funding on offer in dairy carbon project
Dairy farmers are currently being sought to take part in a new project on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
Stormont needs to up the pace on net zero – CCC
The UK Climate Change Committee has published its fourth carbon budget for NI
19 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Teagasc rejects climate-denying claim
"Response to the letter from Dr Murphy-Bokern" - Dr Karl Richards, Head of the Teagasc Climate Centre, Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford
26 February 2025 Letters
Methane-reducing science at risk from misinformation
Caitríona Morrissey reports on how scientists and regulators were shocked by the recent backlash against methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer.
19 February 2025 Climate and environment
Ireland to chair global alliance for agricultural greenhouse gases
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon and Minister of State with special responsibility for research and development Noel Grealish announced the Global Research Alliance conference.
13 February 2025 News
Call for change to the methane counting system
Carbon Removals Action Group called on the Government to use both the current GWP100 accounting system in parallel to GWP*.
5 February 2025 News
Letters to the Editor: confusion between GWP* and GWP100
'Promised methane move would be big change – Teagasc' - Dr Donal Murphy, Bokern MAgrSc, Kroge-Ehrendorf, Germany
5 February 2025 Letters
Environmental regulatory battle far from over
Signs suggest that the new Government will take a more pragmatic approach to environmental rules.
24 January 2025 News
Change to methane accounting system would be 'significant'
Teagasc has said that moving to reflect the actual warming impact of biogenic methane would provide more useful information around the achievement of climate neutrality.
22 January 2025 News
‘No single silver bullet’ to drive major cut in farm emissions
Teagasc modelling has determined that action will be needed on a number of fronts to cut farm emissions as there is no measure that could act as a 'silver bullet'.
18 December 2024 Climate and environment