In November 2021, the Irish government published the National Climate Action Plan which takes decisive action to achieve a 51% reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and setting Ireland on a path to reach net-zero emissions by no later than 2050, as committed to in the Programme for Government and set out in The Climate Act 2021.
Other National and International and relevant Climate Change/Action Policies
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report findings are undisputable that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Click here
- WCC Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
- The Covenant of Mayors -WCC is a signatory to the Covenant of Mayors
- National Mitigation Plan 2017 – Click here
- COP26 - aim of furthering action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change The Negotiations are explained here
- The Paris Agreement on Climate Change – aim - to limit global temperature rising 2°C above pre-industrial levels