Richard Bruton, the Climate Action and Environment Minister, recently described the Government’s Climate Action Plan as “ambitious but realistic”.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said he "walks a lot" to bring down his carbon footprint.

A Climate Action Delivery Board is the key part of the new plan, which has grand designs for the future. Whether they are attainable is another matter, writes Brian Ó Gallachóir.