Climate Change Report: The last throw of the dice as Government reveals radical plans

By Daniel McConnell, Elaine Loughlin, and Caroline O’Doherty

Radical changes to how we heat our homes, travel to work, and farm need to occur for Ireland to avoid paying billions of euro in environmental fines by 2030, the Government has said. Launching its Climate Action Plan report, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he and his ministers are seeking to “nudge” people and businesses to change behaviour over the next decade.