Carbon emissions drop 'less than amount needed' for 2030 targets despite pandemic lull

Early data from 2021 indicates that energy use in the transport sector is returning to pre-Covid-19 levels. 

Carbon emissions from energy use declined during the pandemic lull in 2020 - but they still did not fall to the level needed to meet Ireland's 2030 emissions targets.

That is just one of the findings from a Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) report, which added that total energy consumption fell by 8.7%.