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Subsidies keep propping up high-emission production, while rising biofuel demand pressures land and food security.
Our briefing sets out recommendations for a just, 1.5°C-aligned transition, including safeguards against harmful biofuels and scaled-up, redirected climate finance.
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Our Senior Manager, Sorcha Tunney, may be our only team member in Ireland, but she’s made huge strides in raising our presence in Irish Parliament.
Read Sorcha's highlights from her first year ⤵️
🌾 Food systems can't keep being the blind spot in climate policy.
Agriculture and land use are among the fastest-growing sources of potent greenhouse gases yet remain substantially underfunded.
Here's why it matters 👇🧵
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Even if fossil fuels vanished overnight, emissions from today's food system alone could still push us past 1.5°C.
Yet only a fraction of climate finance reaches agriculture, far short of the $430–500bn needed annually for a sustainable transition.
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Agriculture, forestry and land use caused 13–21% of global emissions (2010–2019). Food systems overall = ~1/3 of all global emissions in 2015.
Agriculture also drives ~40% of global methane, mostly from livestock, plus most fertiliser-driven nitrous oxide (a gas ~270x more potent than CO₂).
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⚖️Climate law can't stop at oil and gas.
Our Legal Director David Kay explains why Opportunity Green is increasingly focusing on agriculture and heavy-duty vehicles, alongside aviation, shipping and heavy industry.
Read more: opportunitygreen.org/climate-law/...
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💚 Our Positive Climate Stories series is back!
May brought real progress – from renewables surging and cutting costs to the UK's net-zero economy generating billions in growth and supporting more than a million jobs, and much more.
Read this month's 5 climate wins👇
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