Climate experts call on Government to show 'greater ambition' on reducing carbon emissions

Transport, industry, and building heating systems are the three worst sectors in terms of matching their targets. File photo: John Giles/PA

Climate experts have called on the Government to significantly ramp up its focus on meeting Ireland’s carbon-reduction targets rather than risk spending the same money on massive EU fines at the end of the decade.

New figures from the Environmental Protection Agency show that, at best, Ireland is set to miss its own greenhouse emissions targets by over 50% by 2030.