Wed.Jun 29, 2022

Remove The-Future-of-Farming
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This is the future climate hawks want to see

Business Green

It makes you wonder if what is missing from the UK government's deeply flawed and badly underpowered pursuit of both its climate goals and levelling up agenda, is someone willing to take yesterday's 600 page tome from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) , drop it on a table with a satisfying thud, and declare "this is what we believe".

Politics 101
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Agriculture is the missing piece in the UK's net zero plans

Business Green

The UK government recognises this with some impressive-sounding targets, including on tree-planting, peatland restoration and the proportion of farmers expected to be engaged in sustainable farming methods by 2035. Yet, our agricultural emissions have been mostly static for a decade and have even increased in some areas of the UK.