Question follow-through · 18535

Carbon Emissions: Agriculture and Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to use earth observation data to help support the (a) measurement, (b) monitoring and (c) setting of (i) agricultural, (ii) landfill and (iii) land use contributions t

answeredGeorge FreemanDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
11 Dec 2024
Answer
6 Jan 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to use earth observation data to help support the (a) measurement, (b) monitoring and (c) setting of (i) agricultural, (ii) landfill and (iii) land use contributions t

  2. 11 Dec 2024

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  3. 6 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Remote sensing technologies have increasing potential to provide cost-effective solutions for monitoring land use changes, gas leaks, and population density. Defra is examining the feasibility of employing Earth observation techniques for the monitoring a...

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