But after the Covid crash will the money be there to even deliver all the existing investment programme on schedule? Some of the projects in our existing climate change plan have raised eyebrows in terms of “doability”. Other big spending projects will only have a contribution in the longer term to carbon emissions. But it will not cut carbon emissions until it is up and running in around a decade’s time. The challenge for farmers is just one example of the enormous changes needed if we are to get carbon emissions down.

Source: The Irish Times May 16, 2020 04:00 UTC