'Grave consequences' if Ireland fails to reduce emissions

Artist Greg Mitchell completing his climate-crisis themed mural on the side of St John's Church on Princes St, Edinburgh, to coincide with the Cop26 in Glasgow. Picture: Jane Barlow/P

Ireland has only a “narrow” pathway to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030 — but failure to meet the very significant challenge will have “grave consequences”.

That is according to the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC), which has submitted Ireland’s first carbon budget programme, broken down into two five-year carbon budgets, to the Government.