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Report shows UK failing to honour net zero farming pledges

by Arinze Chijioke April 28, 2023
written by Arinze Chijioke April 28, 2023
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A new analysis has found that the UK government’s pledges on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from farming and land use fall short of promises made in its net zero strategy.

The analysts from WWF who used figures from the government’s carbon budget delivery plan, found that the total projected emissions reductions from now until 2037 for agriculture and land use were 58% less than the emissions reduction figures underpinning the original net-zero strategies.

This gap, they say, is equivalent to the emissions of the entire UK building sector.

Recall that the government announced after Brexit that the EU’s common agricultural policy, where land managers were paid for the amount of land they were in charge of, would be replaced by environmental land management schemes. Slowly being rolled out now, these are aimed at paying farmers to restore nature.

However, despite this, for farming the expected total emission reductions from now to 2037 in the new plan are 38% lower than previously promised in the government’s original net zero strategies, and continue to omit any actions to support a shift to more sustainable diets.

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The analysis showed that the total projected emission benefits from tree planting from now to 2037 are also 85% lower than previously claimed. Tree planting rates are currently only half of what is needed to be in line with net zero.

Peatlands are some of the most carbon-rich areas with the biggest benefits if they are restored. According to the WWF analysis, however, the total projected emission benefits from peatland restoration are 80% lower than the equivalent emissions from peatland promised in the original net zero strategy.

Environment campaigners have raised the alarm that this lack of ambition will not only impede efforts to reach net zero but will also have dire consequences for wildlife and biodiversity, which would benefit from better nature restoration policies.

In her reaction, Angela Francis, the director of policy solutions at WWF, said: “From our economy to the food and drink we consume; nature underpins everything that makes our lives possible. However, these figures show the government have knowingly settled for a lack of ambition, making it painfully clear the gap we face to tackle the climate and nature crisis is greater than ever”.

Story was adapted from the Guardian.

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