Carbon budget target now impossible as emissions only set for minor decrease this year

Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions are likely to only see a minor reduction this year which will make meeting the first carbon budget impossible, a leading energy and climate expert has said.

Paul Deane, energy researcher with the MaREI centre in University College Cork, told the Business Post that key energy data for 2023 to date was showing that most sectors were not going to reduce emissions by nearly enough to keep the first carbon budget ...