Tue, 24 Oct
|webinar
Resilience for Dairy
Carbon Sources & Sinks, Global Livestock Systems - Measuring & Managing Livestock Farms Towards Net Zero.


Time & Location
24 Oct, 13:00 – 14:00
webinar
About the event
This webinar will outline the journey and results of a pioneering carbon project in Northern Ireland which has demonstrated that farms can make structured progress towards Net Zero. Â
Under Northern Ireland’s Climate Change Act (2022) businesses must cut emissions by 48% before 2030 and make a 100% reduction, or reach Net Zero, by 2050. Â
Agriculture in Northern Ireland is key to those targets as the largest contributor to its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for about 27% of the total output. Â Â Because of this figure, NI farmers have been a major focus for policymakers, campaigners and the media. Â
However, these groups have persistently overlooked the fact that, unlike other sectors, agriculture has a capacity to capture, manage and store carbon. Â
ARCZero was a European Innovation Partnership project made up of seven farms in Northern Ireland along with AgriSearch, Queen's University and Devenish. Â It sought to measure and manage carbon flows at the individual farm level to empower farmers to make positive change towards carbon zero farming. Â At this webinar ARCZero Chair Professor John Gilliland will outline the pioneering work done by the projects and the results to date.