Agricultural Emission Projections for Northern Ireland, 2020-2027

Projected agricultural greenhouse gas emissions for Northern Ireland from 2020 to 2027 under four policy scenarios. The dataset reports methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide quantities aggregated using five different carbon dioxide equivalence metrics. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and published by the Environmental Information Data Centre.

Use Cases

• Compare the impact of different emission weighting metrics (GWP100, GWP20, GTP100, GWP*) on reported agricultural emissions.
• Model future greenhouse gas trajectories based on four policy scenarios ranging from 'headwinds' to 'tailwinds + feed additives'.
• Analyze the relative contributions of methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide from Northern Ireland's agricultural sector.

Strengths

• Covers an 8-year time range from 2020 to 2027, including projections.
• Includes emissions reported under five different carbon dioxide equivalence metrics.
• Based on four distinct policy scenarios with defined assumptions about mitigation efficiency.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Past emissions from the UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory; projections based on Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) analysis.

Time Range

2020-2027

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 07:33:29.141449; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland