{"id":1315972,"date":"2024-05-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1315972"},"modified":"2024-05-28T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:04:10","slug":"epa-projects-ambitious-18-drop-in-ag-emissions-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/epa-projects-ambitious-18-drop-in-ag-emissions-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA projects ‘ambitious’ 18% drop in ag-emissions by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Under an “ambitious” scenario, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has projected agricultural emissions to decrease by 18% by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EPA has produced the projected greenhouse gas emissions for 2023 to 2050 using two scenarios: ‘With Existing Measures’ (WEM) and the more ambitious, ‘With Additional Measures’ (WAM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agriculture and transport sectors remain the largest contributors of emissions in 2030 in both the WEM and WAM scenarios as a consequence of other sectors of the economy projected to decarbonise faster, according to the EPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the WEM scenario, emissions from agriculture and transport are projected to decrease by 1%<\/strong> and 5%, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the more ambitious WAM scenario, agriculture and transport are projected to decrease by 18%<\/strong> and 26% respectively over the period 2022 to 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n