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19 Nov 2018

Germany needs more climate-friendly livestock farming – minister

Rheinsche Post

Germany’s agriculture ministry plans to boost sustainable forestry and sees the need for more climate-friendly livestock farming in order to achieve the agricultural sector’s emission reduction targets, federal agriculture minister Julia Klƶckner (CDU) told the Rheinsche Post in an interview. A 10-point plan drafted by her ministry would ensure that the sector cut its annual greenhouse gas emissions by 14 million tons by 2030, she said. And this ā€œwithout a carbon tax, which the environment minister has proposed and now obviously does not pursue further. That tax is unnecessary,ā€ Klƶckner said. Forestry was one of the key levers for climate protection. ā€œPut simply: the use of wood from sustainable forestry qualifies as active climate protection.ā€

Read her interview and get the background on emissions in farming and forestry in the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę dossier on the wicked task of feeding 83 million in a climate-friendly way.

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