Any measures to reverse failures to reach climate change targets should consider “rural-proofing” an Oireachtas committee has heard. Any measures to reverse failures to reach climate change targets should consider “rural-proofing” an Oireachtas committee has heard. At a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee for Climate Change, members raised concerns that farmers will be unfairly impacted by some of the recommendations outlined in the citizen’s assembly report pubished in April. “I would say in a general sense the farmers would feel there wasn’t enough consideration given to them,” she said. Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle suggested the committee should propose measures to “rural-proof” any actions taken to reduce emissions from private vehicles.

Source: Irish Independent September 06, 2018 09:00 UTC