When the Climate Act was signed into law in July, the Irish Farmers Journal commissioned KPMG to carry out an economic impact assessment into how emission reduction targets under the Climate Act can be achieved and the impact on farm incomes, economic output and jobs across rural Ireland.

The purpose of this extensive economic impact assessment is to analyse how different decarbonisation scenarios would impact on rural communities and the wider economy. The scenarios explore reductions in agricultural emissions of 13%, 18%, 21%, 30% and 50%.

Read the full report here: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/in-full...