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
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 ...