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Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (6 Dec 2017)

Michael Creed: ...Senators will have heard from my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, our first national mitigation plan was published in July. As my Department covers one of the key sectors involved in that process, I am very pleased to present the annual transition statement for the agriculture, forest and land-use sector and, in particular,...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (6 Dec 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: ...for bad weather and is unfortunate for everyone. Ireland is one of only four countries in the EU where greenhouse gas emissions are still above 1990 levels. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has shown that agricultural emissions increased last year by 2.7%, following a 1.5% increase in 2015. In his speech on Monday at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's Food Wise...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (6 Dec 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister to the House for this important debate on climate action in the context of his area of departmental responsibility, namely, housing, local government and planning. There is no doubt that Ireland, along with the rest of the world, faces huge global challenges in terms of its response to climate change. This is the second annual transition statement as per the Climate...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (6 Dec 2017)

Fintan Warfield: ...clear that Ireland will fall short, as other Senators have mentioned, in meeting the targets for renewable energy and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has recently reported a 3.5% rise in emissions last year. Earlier in the year the EPA reported that Ireland will fail to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets for 2020, which is a 20%...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (6 Dec 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: ...a human-centred approach, safeguarding the rights of the most vulnerable and sharing the burdens and benefits of climate change and its impacts equitably and fairly." I would like to know how the Department for Housing, Planning and Local Government has had regard to climate justice when developing its sectoral adaptation and mitigation plans and frameworks? Climate change has been...