September 13th, 2018 The policy choices of recent governments have left Ireland “going backwards” in terms of tackling rising emissions, the chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) said yesterday. Speaking before the new Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action, Professor John Fitzgerald warned that we are facing a Read more…
August 7th, 2018 Budget 2019 will include an increase in carbon tax to help Ireland meet its obligations in tackling climate change, the Taoiseach said over the weekend. Leo Varadkar said during his summer briefing in Government Buildings that we have to “grasp the nettle in pricing carbon” over the Read more…
July 27th, 2018 The Green Party has criticized a lack of Government action on climate change following the release of the Climate Change Advisory Council’s critical annual review. The CCAC is an independent body set up under the 2015 Climate Act to advise the government on climate change policy and assess Ireland’s Read more…
July 25th, 2018 Ireland is well off track to meet both its 2020 or 2030 climate targets or to decarbonise the economy as planned by 2050, the State’s own expert advisory body said today. Launching the Climate Change Advisory Council’s 2018 annual review in Co Dublin this morning, the Council’s Read more…
December 5th, 2017 Ireland is not on track to meet its short-term emissions targets or to decarbonise its economy by 2050 without major new policy initiatives, the Government’s advisory council on climate change said today. Launching its first annual report this afternoon, the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) said that Read more…
