EPA predicts Ireland will miss its emissions targets by a wide margin

Amid extreme weather events as a result of climate change, the EPA has expressed its concern about Ireland's ability to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Stock picture: Pete Abel/Alamy

Ireland will fall drastically short of its targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has projected.

Even if all of the Government’s climate action plans and policies are fully followed through — such as the ambitious target to have almost 1m electric vehicles on the roads — the State would only achieve a reduction of 29% in its emissions by 2030, compared to 2018.