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Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine . Dr Eimear Cotter Senior Manager Environmental Protection Agency 8 April 2014. Agenda. Introduction Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Ireland EPA Climate Change Vision. Working with others for a Better Environment. EPA Strategic Priorities.

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Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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  1. Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine Dr Eimear Cotter Senior Manager Environmental Protection Agency 8 April 2014

  2. Agenda • Introduction • Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Ireland • EPA Climate Change Vision

  3. Working with others for a Better Environment

  4. EPA Strategic Priorities Evidencebased Decision Making • Prepare national greenhouse gas emission inventories and projections for EU and UN legislation

  5. EPA Strategic Priorities Research Programme Commission Climate Change Research

  6. Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  7. Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry 16 Mtonnes of CO2

  8. EPA Climate Change Vision • Key Goal : To ensure that positive carbon sequestration practices • are recognised, promoted and sustained

  9. An integrated framework encompassing agriculture and land use sectors

  10. Current issues……

  11. Holistic approach to agriculture and land sector

  12. EPA funded research related to Agriculture and Land use On-going research • Climate Change Research • €2.4m • Water and Soils • €10.5m including flagship Irish Soils Information System (€3.6m) • Total €12.9m over a 5 year period Cost of Greenhouse gas emissions reduction options (Teagasc,2012) Detection of management types within grasslands (UCC, 2013)

  13. Next steps…. • Research needed to understand and optimise carbon sinks • Engage at international level to shape future accounting frameworks • Recognise that land use is one way to support achievement of climate change objectives • Other activities include sustainable food production…..

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