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Government Publishes New Climate Action Plan To Halve Emissions By 2030

Tom Douglas
Tom Douglas

06:37 4 Nov 2021


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The Government has published the new Climate Action Plan.

It's setting out how it plans to more than halve emissions by 2030. 

The plan sees guideline sectoral targets all across the economy as part of efforts to ease global warming.

Also, the plan sets out a range of targets for sectors of the economy.

So that's including electricity, transport, agriculture, industry, buildings and forestry. 

They're set in ranges - for example 22-30 per cent for agriculture, the lowest range of cuts.

While there's 62 to 81 per cent for the energy sector.

However, if every Department only hits the bottom end of those ranges, the 2030 targets won't be met.

Over the next few months that will be refined into a more firm target.

That will be after the budgets have been taken through the Oireachtas.

Offshore Wind To Play A Role

The targets include having 80 per cent of Ireland's energy be renewable by the end of the decade.

With 5 gigawatts of offshore wind.

Measures in the plan include half a million home retrofits, 680 thousand renewable heat upgrades for homes and changes to rules around building new homes which would mean fossil fuels are essentially banned.

There's targets for 500,000 daily additional public transport or active travel journeys also included.

But the political rows will come thick and fast over the next few months with those sectoral ceilings still up in the air.


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