Ireland ‘completely off course’ in tackling climate change

The country is “completely off course” in its efforts to meet climate change goals, and the gulf between these targets and Ireland’s carbon emissions is growing year on year, according to a scathing report by the State’s climate change watchdog.

The Climate Change Advisory Council has produced its second annual review on Ireland’s efforts to battle climate change. It warned that the Government “has not provided a pathway for the decarbonisation of the economy and society by 2050”.

It advised that “major new initiatives are required if Ireland is to meet its objectives on climate change”.