November 22nd, 2018 Ireland will have to resume the purchase of emissions allowances and renewable credits as we are “far off course” to meet our 2020 target, the Minister for Climate Action has said. Richard Bruton said yesterday that Ireland will fail to meet our 2020 target of reducing emissions by Read more…
Today the European Commission published its proposal for the Effort Sharing Regulation and the rules for accounting the land use, land use change and forestry sector (LULUCF) up to 2030 only seven months after the Paris Agreement. This is a significantly important proposal. However instead of following the example set by Paris, the Commission has instead decided to follow the path of least resistance set by EU member states. The LULUCF section is why Ireland’s target is only 30% because our economy is so dependent on areas such as agriculture. Edna Kenny has made continuous appeals for Ireland to be treated as a special case because we are so dependent on agriculture, and we have the lowest carbon footprint beef and dairy in the world, however they are still very carbon intensive products.
