Every sector must manage its impact on global climate

Like it or not, climate change is now a fact of life, both here in Ireland, as evidenced by our ever more frequent flooding disasters, and globally. The Paris Agreement hammered out and agreed by almost every nation on Earth last month, binds us to dramatically and urgently reducing our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

This agreement leaves each country to figure out how best to decarbonise.

Ireland is tied into the EU’s legally binding commitment to cut GHGs by 40% by 2030.