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Transport sector has a hill to climb to meet climate targets

Department modelling shows public transport fares will need to halve and volume and frequency of provision triple by 2030 to meet sectoral emissions ceiling

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Action stations: Turning Ireland’s climate ambitions into reality

Our national targets for reducing emissions, set out in the new Climate Action Plan, are now among the most ambitious in the world – and each sector has specific carbon budgets and pathways to deliver on by 2025 – but how achievable are they?

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Editorial: Our planet needs action, not just words, on climate change

COP 27 should be used as a blunt reminder to politicians, industry leaders and individual citizens that time is rapidly running out

Running out of road: Why planners are intent on taking cars out of our cities

Paris is redesigning the Champs-Élysées to make it greener with more space for bicycles and pedestrians. At home, a number of agencies, along with local and national government, are working on similar plans. But is Ireland ready to take the car out of its cities?

Dept of Environment asks AG’s advice on low-emission zones for vehicles in urban centres

Eamon Ryan’s department hopes to have the regulatory framework for such zones ready by early next year

Rhetoric, tension and pressure but no revolt in coalition wrangle over farm emissions targets

Environment minister Eamon Ryan gave agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue a bowl of cherries from his garden, a gesture that may have helped to sweeten the atmosphere in the negotiations over reducing emissions in the agriculture sector

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Emission targets lowered due to use of Moneypoint power station

Cuts for electricity sector drop from 81 per cent to 75 per cent due to increased use of the coal-powered station, along with reduced ambitions for building industry emissions

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Mind the gap: Why the next climate plan has to double down on actions

As various carbon-emitting sectors wrangle over what their final emissions reduction should be, of greater concern is the fact that even our most ambitious strategies won’t see us achieve our overall target by 2030

Road hauliers ‘will cut emissions by 25% if government trims their costs’

Eugene Drennan of the IRHA said the necessary investments could be made to trucks over the coming years, on condition the government agrees to cut excise duties and other taxes on operators

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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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State to set 2030 carbon targets to the highest levels for every sector

Two years of stagnation mean meeting legally binding Climate Action Plan commitment to achieve a 51 per cent drop by 2030 will now be challenging

Radical reforms needed to slash dairy emissions, report warns

A cap and trade system on methane levels and retirement scheme are among the measures proposed

Editorial: Government must act quickly on key issue of dairy farming emissions

The threat posed by the climate crisis means that Irish farmers will need to agree to a cut of close to 30 per cent in emissions

Retrofitting scheme will be a ‘step change’ in tackling climate crisis

Government says some 500,000 homes will be upgraded

Biofuel usage must increase to 35% of fuel mix to hit climate targets in transport

Biofuels now account for just 5% of all the total fuel used by road transport vehicles in Ireland

Gas boiler installers alarmed by earlier date for new-home ban

Measure was brought forward to expedite the national transition to low-carbon housing and to avoid later retrofits

Pat Rabbitte: Keeping the coalition onside is the acid test for the Green leader

Our post-carbon future depends on whether Eamon Ryan can bring his government partners with him when various interest groups oppose implementation of the climate action plan

Car users face new tolls, parking fee hikes and reduced road space

The new proposals from Eamon Ryan’s Department of Transport are aimed at reducing car journeys by 10 per cent by 2030 by shifting more people onto public transport

Daniel Murray: The five key takeaways of the climate action plan

It’s a complex, multi-layered and even intimidating document – so here is a quick-read guide to the government’s new strategy to reduce emissions and fight climate change

Climate change: State’s new action plan will stand or fall on public’s buy-in

The government’s strategy to tackle climate change has caused much debate in political circles, with opinion split on the viability of various targets. Can it gain public support?