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Ministers Heydon and Grealish announce the opening of registration for the ‘Agriculture and Climate Change: Science into Action’ Conference

  • The conference, to be opened by the Taoiseach, will be held on 5th June at the Printworks, Dublin Castle.
  • Registration is now open at the conference website: agriclimateconf.com
  • The conference will have a strong policy, scientific and implementation focus, with a range of prestigious national and international speakers.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, and Minister of State with special responsibility for research and development, Noel Grealish TD, have announced the programme and the opening of registration for a major conference being hosted by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine at Dublin Castle on Thursday 5th June 2025.

Making the announcement, Minister Heydon said:

“The agriculture sector has been set ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of the national effort to reach climate neutrality. I have witnessed the great work being done by farmers the length and breadth of the country, whether its reducing fertiliser use, embracing grass/clover swards, improving animal genetics, or sequestering and storing carbon in soil. But we can build further on this by adopting measures emerging from research, much of it funded by my Department”.

The Minister added:

“This conference, to be opened by the Taoiseach Micheál Martin, will bring together leading national and international figures involved in this effort and this will provide an opportunity for all our stakeholders to hear the latest developments and to consider how we can accelerate our climate neutrality journey together”.

For his part, Minister of State Grealish said:

“As Minister of State with responsibility for research and development, I am pleased to share in the announcement of this important conference, one that will have a particularly strong focus on science. In the last five years, my department has invested over €48 million in climate and agriculture research. Coupled with our international research collaboration and partnerships, such as those with the Global Research Alliance, we are seeing continuous scientific advancements that can provide farmers with the tools they need to farm more sustainably into the future. It is timely that our stakeholders are updated on these ongoing developments”.

The Ministers concluded by encouraging all stakeholders in the agriculture, food, forest and bio-based sectors to register for the conference which will be moderated by well known journalist Helen Carroll.

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Notes to Editor

Among other things, the ‘Agriculture and Climate Change: Science into Action’ conference will focus on:

  • Policy and legislative developments relating to agriculture and climate change at national and international levels.
  • Scientific developments and understanding in relation to the mitigation of the main greenhouse gas emissions from pasture-based livestock systems (animal, manure and land).
  • Developments relating to customer, consumer and market expectations and expectations around sustainable agriculture, food and land use.

Registration is via the conference website at the following link: agriclimateconf.com

Registration is open until 30th May 2025.

Ireland, through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, is Chairing the Global Research Alliance for Agricultural Greenhouses Gases currently. Delegates attending the annual Council meeting of the GRA will also be in attendance at the conference.

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