Kevin O’SullivanEnvironment & Science EditorClaims that the Government’s Climate Action Bill is “full of loose language” and fails to incorporate demanding national targets to reduce carbon emissions were rejected when it came before the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee. The committee is undertaking pre-legislative scrutiny of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020, which is enshrining Ireland’s climate ambitions in law. It also is the mechanism to introduce binding five-year carbon budgets that will apply emission limits on major sectors of the economy. Former minister for climate action Richard Bruton (Fine Gael) said for the first time carbon budgets were being introduced with binding targets. If budgets were missed, the minister for climate action had to account for this and the Oireachtas had to introduce additional measures.

Source: The Irish Times October 14, 2020 19:27 UTC