Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Environmental Pillar

10:00 am

Professor John Sweeney:

The original figure was 80% to 95% by 2050, which was the IPCC recommendation from AR5.

It will probably be seen in AR6 that that timescale will be shortened to 2040. However, it is quite clear that we cannot wait until 2050 for complete decarbonisation.

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