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Leitrim Greenhouse Gases Baseline Report Dr Aedn McLoughlin, Jules Portier, Nicol G. Tria Good Energies Alliance Ireland 1 Leitrim Climate Dialogue Emissions per capita: 13.6 tons CO2 eq per year, same as national Total Emissions 434,000

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Leitrim Greenhouse Gases Baseline Report

Dr Aedín McLoughlin, Jules Portier, Nicoló G. Tria Good Energies Alliance Ireland

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Total Emissions 434,000 tons CO2 eq eq per year

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Emissions per capita: 13.6 tons CO2 eq per year, same as national Emissions per capita after sinks: 7.7 tons CO2 eq per year, 32% less than national

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Relative contribution of each GHG emitting sector in Leitrim

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Agricultu culture re 43% 43% Transpor sport 22% 22% Residenti ntial al 20% 20% Industr stry 7% 7% Energy gy industri ustries es 6% 6% Commerci cial al and Public c services ces 2% 2%

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Transport

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Transport sport emissions sions

tons CO2eq/year

97,815 815 3.1 per person Forestland equivalent 15,500 hectares Money equivalent

at Ireland 2020 carbon price

€ 2.53 million

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Transport

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Private transport 55% Public transport 4% Goods vehicles + Tractors 41%

Main findings:

  • Private transport and Goods

vehicles are main emitters

  • One car per 2.3 person
  • Cars are bigger and bigger
  • Public transport is very limited
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Residential

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Re Resid iden enti tial al emissions sions

tons CO2eq/year

86,406 406 6.9 per household

Forestland equivalent

13,658 hectares Money equivalent

at Ireland 2020 carbon price

€ 2.23 million

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Residential

Emissions per house

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Energy consumption: +18%

50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Energy consumption [kWh/m²/year]

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Residential

Main space heating fuel

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15% 15% 4% 41% 69% 38% 12% 6% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% LEITRIM IRELAND Electricity Gas Oil Solid fuel & Other

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Residential

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Main findings:

  • Around + 25% emissions
  • + 18% higher consumption
  • More emitter fuels
  • Important emission gap between old and new houses
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Commercial & & Public s services

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Co Comm m & Pu Publi lic emissions sions

tons CO2eq/year

8,406 4.8 per

establishment

Forestland equivalent 1,329 hectares Money equivalent

at Ireland 2020 carbon price

€ 217,407

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Commercial & & Public s services

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Public Administration , Education, Health and Care 40% Other Services Sectors 16% Wholesale, Retail, and Vehicle Repair 20% Accommodati

  • n and Food

Services 24%

Main employers:

  • Public sector (42%)
  • Wholesale, Retail, and Vehicle

Repair (28%)

  • Accommodation an Food

Services (22%)

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Industry

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Indust stry ry emissions sions

tons CO2eq

29,399 99 37.3 per firm Forestland equivalent 4,647 hectares Money equivalent

at Ireland 2020 carbon price

€ 760,350

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Industry

Emissions

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Manufacturing 92% Construction 5% Transportation and Storage 3%

Main findings:

  • 7% of total county emissions
  • Manufacturing sector is the most

important

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Energy i industries

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Energy gy industr stries es emissions sions

tons CO2eq/year

24,243 43 0.8 per person Forestland equivalent 3,800 hectares Money equivalent

at Ireland 2020 budget carbon price

€ 0.63 million

  • Seven wind farms in Leitrim produce 84 GWh per year
  • 64% of electricity consumption
  • Rest comes from national grid, emitting 24,000 tons CO2 eq
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Agriculture

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Agricult cultur ur e e emis issions sions

tons CO2eq/year

188, 8,51 518

51.3 per farm

Forestland equivalent

29,800 hectares

Money equivalen t

at Ireland 2020 carbon price

€ 4.88 million

  • Less than 1% of national agriculture emissions;
  • Virtually the lowest level in the country;
  • The sector’s carbon intensity is 1.8 tons CO2 equivalent per thousand euro of farm produce.
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Agriculture

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Enteric fermentation 64% Managed Soils 27% Manure Management 8% Liming 1% Urea application 0.41%

Emissions by category

Methane 70% Nitrous Oxide 29% Carbon Dioxide 1%

Emissions by gas

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Agriculture

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Cavan Waterford Tipperary Kilkenny Offaly Cork Laois Limerick Westmeath Monaghan Carlow Meath Wexford Longford State Louth Wicklow Kildare Kerry Galway Roscommon Clare Mayo Sligo Donegal Leitrim Dublin 0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80 2.00 2.20

FARMING INTENSITY COEFFICIENT

Farming Intensity Coefficients [Livestock Unit per hectare of agri land]

  • Lowest

st farmin ming intensi nsity ty in the country try (0.61 LSU/ha);

  • Average farm size is 25

hectares;

  • 68% of farmers specialised

for the beef market;

  • Grassland virtually only

agricultural land type;

  • Virtually no crops;
  • Age profile of farmers is old
  • Many farms

ms qualify ify as High Nature re Value;

  • Farmers’ income

dependency on State subsidies fell from 92% to 59% in 2010-2017.

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Forestland

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Carb rbon n sequestration questration by forestland

tons CO2eq/year

  • 190,174

90,174

  • 6.32 per hectare

Human man equiv uivalen alent

(how many persons are offset)

13,948

44% of Leitrim pop.

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Money ney equiv uivalen alent

at Ireland 2020 carbon price

€ 4.99 million

  • Forestland, covering c. 19% of Leitrim land, compensates for c. 44% of Leitrim GHG emissions;
  • Virtually the highest carbon sequestration rate in the country, due to high yield class of plantations

(Sitka Spruces do most of the job);

  • On the other hand, commercial plantations are not that good at storing carbon into the soil (among
  • ther things). Trade-off

ff betwee ween quick-re return turn climate te mitigati igation vs. other r ecosyst ystem m service ices. s.

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Peatland ( (bogs)

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  • Wetlands cover more than 21% of Leitrim
  • land. Most of them are blanket bogs

(35,513 ha);

  • Only a fraction of the blanket bogs in the

uplands are found to be in good health status (undisturbed/pristine);

  • Whether they are active carbon sinks, it is

difficult to ascertain. A bog in good health can sequester up to 2,600 tCO2 per hectare per year (not much);

  • Bogs (wetlands) are not particularly good at

sequestering carbon from the atmosphere but are fantastic at storing carbon for millenn3ia and providing a wide spectrum of ecosystem services.

raised bogs 14% blanket bogs 86%

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Hedgerows, s scrub a and woodland

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  • Leitrim has 11,000 hectares of non-forest

woody area, scattered around;

  • c. 7% of total Leitrim land;
  • HSW provide a wide spectrum of

ecosystem services, notably biodiversity shelter and protection;

  • Total HSW area can also sequester up to

36,300 tCO2 per year.

Grassland 58% Wetland 20% Forestland 19% Settlement and

  • ther land

3% Cropland 0.04%

Land uses distribution

Grassland

In Leitrim, grassland characteristics lean more towards a close-to-nature environment, so it is likely that their GHG emissions are sensibly lower than the national level.

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Transport

  • 98,000 tons CO2 equivalent
  • 22% of total emissions in Leitrim
  • More than household emissions (20%)

Observations

  • Reliance on cars
  • Move to electric cars
  • More public transport or shared transport

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Ele lectricit ity production

  • Seven wind farms in Leitrim produce 84 GWh per year
  • 64% of electricity consumption
  • Rest comes from national grid, emitting 24,000 tons CO2 eq

Opportunities or Threats?

More wind farms Renewal of old wind turbines Community ownership Solar farms

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Residential

  • Energy consumption per house in Leitrim is 18% higher than the

national average

  • Carbon emissions are 25% higher

Observations

Older housing stock, low rate of building in recent years No mains gas network, space heating by solid fuels or oil Retrofitting expensive

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Commercial, Publi lic sector and In Industry ry

  • 22.5% of total energy emissions in Leitrim
  • Road Transport and oil are the biggest emitters

Opportunities for reduction

Energy efficiency Moving from fossil fuels Move to electric goods vehicles

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Agriculture

  • Farming in Leitrim is low intensity, close to nature
  • 43% of total energy emissions in Leitrim, 188,500 tons CO2 eq
  • Less than 1% of national total

Opportunities for reduction

  • Diversification?
  • High Nature Value farming?
  • Agroforestry?

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Forestry ry

  • 30,061 hectares of forest cover in Leitrim, 19% of land area.
  • National average is 11%
  • Conifer forests occupy 12.6% of the land, almost entirely Sitka Spruce
  • 190,000 tons CO2 eq sequestered each year

Observations

  • Forestry (broadleaf or conifer) is an excellent way to sequester carbon
  • There is opposition to increasing areas of conifer forests in Leitrim
  • Include forestry as part of farming diversity?

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Wetlands

  • 33,000 hectares of bogs in Leitrim, 20.5% of Leitrim area
  • Active/high quality bogs can sequester up to 2.6 tons CO2 per

hectare per year

  • Most Leitrim bogs are low quality, 25% are active

Observations

  • Unique habitats
  • Bogs have potential for carbon sequestration and biodiversity
  • We need new incentives to regenerate our bogs

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Emissions b breakdown p per s stakeholder

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This chart gives details of emissions from all major stakeholders in Leitrim. When transport and energy are distributed among the sectors, it becomes even more

  • bvious

that farms and households are the two biggest emitters of GHG, by far. Mitigation efforts must therefore focus

  • n overall emissions reduction from

those sectors, with a corresponding emphasis on increasing sequestration by semi-natural native woodlands and bogs and

  • ff-setting

through renewable energy generation.