The public consultation process of the draft 2025 sectoral adaptation plan for agriculture has been launched.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon made the announcement, which aims to mainstream adaptation into policy development, with climate change adaptation referenced as a key enabler in Ireland's forest strategy 2023-2030, Food Vision 2030 and the CAP Strategic Plan.
The 2025 draft plan showcases a number of case studies identifying how the sectors have and will continue to be affected by changing weather patterns and steps towards building resilience.
Minister Heydon said that in addition to reducing our emissions, we need to ensure that our food production system is resilient and ready to adapt to future climate risks.
“Farmers, landowners and fishermen are very much to the forefront of dealing with the impacts of a changing climate in their everyday activities,” he said.
“However, climate change is not just an issue for the primary producer, it is something that everyone in the production chain needs to consider.”
Consultation
Climate change adaptation is the ongoing process of adjusting to current or anticipated effects of climate change.
Effective adaptation aims to reduce the long-term costs of climate-related disruptions, while seizing any new opportunities that a changing climate may present.
This process includes preparing for a range of climate-related events, such as floods, fodder shortages and increasingly severe storms affecting harbours, forests and other vulnerable sectors.
Feedback on the plan and suggestions as to how the Department of Agriculture and the sectors themselves can best prepare to operate in a changing climate can be submitted before the closing date of Thursday 4 September 2025.
“The Irish agriculture, forestry and seafood sectors will not only be impacted by changes in climate here at home, but also by climate change globally,” added Heydon.
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The public consultation process of the draft 2025 sectoral adaptation plan for agriculture has been launched.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon made the announcement, which aims to mainstream adaptation into policy development, with climate change adaptation referenced as a key enabler in Ireland's forest strategy 2023-2030, Food Vision 2030 and the CAP Strategic Plan.
The 2025 draft plan showcases a number of case studies identifying how the sectors have and will continue to be affected by changing weather patterns and steps towards building resilience.
Minister Heydon said that in addition to reducing our emissions, we need to ensure that our food production system is resilient and ready to adapt to future climate risks.
“Farmers, landowners and fishermen are very much to the forefront of dealing with the impacts of a changing climate in their everyday activities,” he said.
“However, climate change is not just an issue for the primary producer, it is something that everyone in the production chain needs to consider.”
Consultation
Climate change adaptation is the ongoing process of adjusting to current or anticipated effects of climate change.
Effective adaptation aims to reduce the long-term costs of climate-related disruptions, while seizing any new opportunities that a changing climate may present.
This process includes preparing for a range of climate-related events, such as floods, fodder shortages and increasingly severe storms affecting harbours, forests and other vulnerable sectors.
Feedback on the plan and suggestions as to how the Department of Agriculture and the sectors themselves can best prepare to operate in a changing climate can be submitted before the closing date of Thursday 4 September 2025.
“The Irish agriculture, forestry and seafood sectors will not only be impacted by changes in climate here at home, but also by climate change globally,” added Heydon.
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