EDM 1674: Impact of net zero targets on UK agriculture and rural communities

That this House expresses grave concern over the disproportionate impact of UK-wide net zero emissions targets on the agricultural sector, which plays a vital role in ensuring food security, sustaining rural economies, and upholding high environmental and animal welfare standards across the United Kingdom; notes with alarm that agriculture is being unfairly singled out for drastic reductions, while major international polluters and large corporations remain largely unchallenged; further notes that these UK targets will have little to no meaningful impact on the global climate without coordinated international action from the world’s largest emitters; acknowledges that while the burden is being felt across the UK, it is particularly acute in Northern Ireland, where farming is central to economic stability, rural life, and community identity; and calls on the Government to urgently reassess its approach to net zero, ensuring it is fair, proportionate, and does not sacrifice the future of UK agriculture for negligible global environmental benefit.