Agriculture: Carbon Emissions

(asked on 3rd July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the lack of carbon emissions reductions in the agricultural sector; and whether these emissions are currently expected to miss the targets of their fourth (2023–27) and fifth (2028–32) carbon budgets.


This question was answered on 16th July 2018

Our Clean Growth Strategy and 25 Year Environment Plan set out a range of specific commitments to reduce emissions from agriculture, including through environmental land management, strengthening biosecurity and control of endemic diseases in livestock, and encouraging the use of low emissions fertilisers.

We want our land and agriculture sectors to play a significant role in low carbon growth, supported through a system of incentives to improve efficiency and sustain our natural environment.

Greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural industry have fallen by around 20 per cent since 1990 and we are working with the agricultural industry to look at options that would strengthen the delivery of their Greenhouse Gas Action Plan. Defra takes a key role in supporting emissions reduction by providing scientific advice and evidence.

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