Professor Myles Allen:

In the Paris Agreement, the so-called Paris rulebook, parties are encouraged to report "the information [needed] for clarity, transparency and understanding" with their reports to the UNFCCC. In its reporting to the UNFCCC in the context of its national inventory and its forward scenarios, Ireland could report its impact on global temperature. What information could possibly be more relevant to transparency, clarity and understanding than Ireland's actual impact on global temperature? Thereby, Ireland could set an example to the world. Indeed, if Ireland's competitors are increasing their herds and having a highly negative impact on global temperature, then the conversation could be started with them on why they were not reporting their impact on global temperature. After all, we have a collective temperature goal and perhaps countries should report what they are doing to global temperature.