Irish Examiner view: Climate Action Plan may be at odds with the needs of Ireland's economy 

The State needs to decarbonise to meet international CO2 targets but, if it is at the expense of infrastructure vital to the wellbeing of the Irish economy, that is another matter

Coalition leaders Eamon Ryan, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Tánaiste Micheál Martin launching the updated Climate Action Plan last week. Picture: Maxwells

The Climate Action Plan, which was published this month, is an extensive document with impressive breadth and substance, in which the Government outlines its ongoing plans to reduce this country’s carbon emissions through sectoral emission ceilings.

It is, we are told, a roadmap for taking decisive action to halve our carbon output by 2030 and achieve net zero no later than 2050.