Supreme Court to hear appeal over government's climate crisis plan

The appeal is over the dismissal of an environmental group’s case alleging a Government plan to tackle the climate crisis is flawed and inadequate.

The appeal, by Friends of the Irish Environment, concerns a High Court decision rejecting the group's challenge to the government's National Mitigation Plan. File image

A seven-judge Supreme Court will sit in the King’s Inns on Monday to hear an important appeal over the dismissal of an environmental group’s case alleging a Government plan to tackle the climate crisis is flawed and inadequate.