Government carbon plans fall short of UN targets

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said the carbon budget plans announced by the Climate Change Advisory Council were ambitious targets that were based on science, not politics.

Just 24 hours after the publication of its plan to cut carbon emissions by 51% in the next decade, the Government has been warned it does not go far enough.

A new United Nations report demands emissions reductions of at least 55%, and Ireland’s carbon budgets, published on Monday, fall short of that.