Action needed to meet 2020 greenhouse gas targets

IRELAND needs to take serious action – in addition to those already planned – if it is to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emission targets, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Action needed to meet 2020 greenhouse gas targets

The EPA also warned that we will have to develop a range of carbon sinks – natural or artificial reservoirs that accumulate and store carbon-containing chemical compounds – including increasing the amount of land we have under forest.

It reminded Government that a fifth of the reduction in GHG emissions expected by them by 2015 are coming from policies and measures that still haven’t been devised.

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