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CCAC warns urgent action needed on firms’ carbon emissions

EPA research shows we are on track to cut emissions by only 12.8 per cent by 2030 instead of government’s target of 35 per cent

Climate & Environment

Farmers to get lower carbon target with review in 2025

The compromise target is likely to be agreed after backbench rural TDs threatened to resign their party whips, but it could be raised if methane-inhibiting technologies prove viable

Climate & Environment

Ireland way off target on climate change goals and existing policies are not enough, EPA warns

The state’s environmental watchdog predicts that emissions will only fall by 27.9% by 2030 based on 2018 levels, far short of the 51% reduction required by law under the new Climate Action Bill

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Ireland will only achieve ambitious carbon plans by ensuring a seamless transition

The government is belatedly acknowledging the very real dangers of climate change with its radical plans to reduce carbon emissions, but it must make the transition as seamless as possible

Editorial: Carbon budgets are just the first signpost on our journey

Ireland’s goal of reducing overall carbon emissions by 51 per cent before 2030 will see the greatest transformation of our energy system Ardnacrusha was first developed

Editorial: Setting up new climate courts cannot happen soon enough

With legal challenges against government climate policy decisions mounting by the week, time is of the essence

Climate Action Bill to be signed into law after Ryan agrees to carbon offset amendments

Legislation will be fast tracked to allow sectoral carbon budgets to be set by the end of the summer

It will be up to the government to set methane reduction targets, climate advisory body says

Marie Donnelly, new head of the body that will set the first of three five-year carbon budgets says there will not be a separate budget dealing with methane and the potential reduction of the national herd

Covid-style national solidarity is needed now on climate crisis

The Climate Action Bill is ambitious and will no doubt face pushback from the agri-food industry and other powerful interest groups

Comment: Climate announcements mean nothing without action

Here are five key ways to make decarbonised energy systems a reality

Susan O’Keeffe: Climate Action Bill targets have been set, now the hard work begins

The government has committed to halving our carbon emissions by 2030 but there will be nothing easy about implementing the changes needed to reach this ambitious goal

New climate action bill: the key takeaways

To make sure the state is on track to meet the daunting target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, the Climate Action Bill proposes to enshrine in law an interim target that they will fall by 51 per cent by 2030