Environment
The government Office for Science has launched a new Foresight Project to help inform the government’s long-term net zero strategy.
Agri-Business
Royal DSM has announced that it is planning to implement large scale production capacity for its novel methane-reducing...
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, Victor Chestnutt, has responded to the COP26 pledge by many world leaders to cut global methane emissions by 30% over the next decade.
Other
While it welcomes the addition of animal agriculture on the COP26 agenda in the form of a methane-reducing promise, the Royal Society for the Prevention...
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has welcomed the "positive action already underway" within the farming community to reduce emissions and...
The government, along with 36 international partners from six continents, has welcomed and joined a newly established International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).
Ten leading agricultural commodity companies have come together to issue a joint statement recognising their mutual responsibility in addressing climate change and outlining their shared efforts to accelerate sector-wide action.
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has visited the Peatland Pavilion at COP26 in Glasgow to see the "global significance" of.....
Ahead of COP26 – a new series has been airing on Sky Kids; one that aims to help children understand climate change. The new 15-episode series
Agri Politics
More than 100 leaders have committed to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030, at day one of COP26 yesterday.
Speaking ahead of his attendance at COP26 in Glasgow, Minister Edwin Poots, said "we must act now before it is too late".
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has called for a 'One Health approach' in its 'wish list' for COP26, taking place in Glasgow this weekend.
The British public has chosen the final six ‘One Step Greener’ Ambassadors from across the UK who are going above and beyond to tackle climate change.
An environmental conference taking place this week - Countryside COP - hopes to showcase and inspire actions to tackle the climate crisis in rural communities ahead of COP26.
Dairy
Dairy industry leaders have urged farmers to get behind a drive to spread accurate facts about Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions ahead of COP26.
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Environment has invested in a 'Carbon Literacy' project to better inform the public about the climate emergency.
“We call on you, RT Hon Alok Sharma MP... to formally and publicly recognise the role of animal agriculture as one of the largest contributors of climate change, and to reflect that in the COP26 agenda.”
The newly formed Agriculture and Land Use Alliance (ALA), will host the first-ever 'Countryside COP' event to showcase and inspire net-zero activity...
