With explicit consent Jason Light has allowed us to repost his article as titled above : Originally posted on Jason’s linkedIn profile, this gem looks at what is involved in the challenge for the UK Agriculture sector to lower and neutralise their footprint in the fight against climate change.

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Just a week after some DBEIS published Wave 18 of the Environmental perception stats, which continued the trend of increased public support for the low carbon activities. DEFRA published a update to it’s Agriculture GHGs Indicator Framework which show there is a little way to go in that sector.

The Climate Change committee attribute approximately 10% of the UKs emissions to the Agriculture and forestry sector.

Despite equating for around half that of the Power, Transport and Industry sector emissions, 2013s estimated 48MtCO2e is about a third of the UKs 2050 carbon target. The latest figures found that 47% did not believe any action to reduce their emissions was necessary, worryingly this is an increase of 7% from this time last year.

The stats appear to show a divide between small business owners and large in the sector, with the latter far less likely to support action.

Overall the DEFRA update paints a fairly stagnant picture across the indicators, but there are glimmers of hope in that around 57% of respondents have carried out carbon reduction measures.

The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not reflect the views of the authors employer. 




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