Climate & Environment

Glacial pace: Ireland has ‘very long way to go’ in climate change battle

EPA report found that Ireland needs to rapidly reach at least net-zero carbon dioxide emissions and substantially cut other greenhouse gas emissions

Laura Burke, director general of the Environmental Protection Agency, said new EPA report reinforces the need for Ireland to ‘pick up the pace of action’ to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Picture: Maura Hickey

The implementation of measures to protect against future climate impacts in Ireland is “too slow and fragmented”, according to a major scientific report.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published Ireland’s first Climate Change Assessment (ICCA) on Thursday.

It found that Ireland needs to rapidly reach at least net-zero carbon dioxide emissions and substantially cut other greenhouse gas emissions.

Despite reductions in every sector except agriculture, the EPA said Ireland has made “limited progress” in cutting ...