Minister Eamon Ryan has told the Leaders Climate Summit that Ireland’s family farm system needs to be protected while restoring the earth.
Climate Action Minister Ryan said helping farmers adapt to sustainable practices was a key focus of national policy as well as Ireland’s assistance to developing countries.
“We must continue to support local communities, including small-scale farmers, to use land sustainability to protect and regenerate local eco-systems. This has both biodiversity as well as climate benefits,” he said.
“It has relevance to my own country, where we have to protect our family farm system and allow a new generation of young farmers earn a good living by restoring the natural world as well as providing food for all our people.”
Mr Ryan was speaking on the first day of a two-summit convened by US President Joe Biden to push world leaders into making or strengthening commitments to emissions reduction in advance of the UN climate summit in November.
The Minister reaffirmed Ireland becoming carbon neutral by 2050, and the interim 2030 target of a 51 per cent emissions reduction, as he addressed the global gathering.
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