Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 April 2011
122 Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the follow-on from the EU Commission meeting on the role of agriculture and forestry in achieving the EU’s climate change commitments on 28 January 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8710/11]
View answerThe stakeholder meeting on 28 January 2011 was part of a wider consultation carried out by the European Commission in the context of examining the possible inclusion of emissions and removals from activities related to LULUCF (land use, land use change and forestry) in the EU greenhouse gas reduction commitment post-2013. The follow on from that meeting rests with the Commission. Under Article 9 of Decision No. 406/2009/EC dated 13 April 2009 (on the effort of Member States to reduce their emissions to meet the Community's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment up to 2020) the Commission is required to bring forward a proposal by 30 June 2011.
