Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

7th Environmental Action Programme: Discussion

3:00 pm

Photo of Michael McCarthyMichael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Carbon emissions have been reduced substantially, not least because of the financial crisis. We are in a different space in that regard, but the underlying challenge remains. Has the divide between, say, Poland and its interest in the coal industry and the wider European agenda narrowed? What is the status of the negotiations on the post-2020 targets?