Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 42:

In page 10, to delete lines 31 to 40, and in page 11, to delete lines 1 to 39 and substitute the following: “(8) For the purposes of performing their respective functions under this section, the Minister and the Government shall act in a manner consistent with the following matters—

(a) Articles 2 and 4 of the Paris Agreement,

(b) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change advice,

(c) the Aarhus Convention,

(d) the UN Convention on Biodiversity,

(e) the National Climate Objective,

(f) Climate Justice, and

(g) Just Transition.

(8A) For the purposes of performing their respective functions under this section, the Minister and the Government must have regard to the following matters:

(a) the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;

(b) the National Biodiversity action plan and the National Biodiversity Strategy and subsequent plans and strategies;

(c) nature based solutions for climate action; and

(d) cost-effectiveness, including lifecycle cost and net public benefit, consistent with the sustainable management of the public finances and with due regard for imperatives around early action, innovation and long term impact.

(8B) For the purposes of performing their respective functions under this section, the Minister and the Government may have regard to the following matters:

(a) relevant scientific, technical or technological advice, including IPCC advice;

(b) Government policy;

(c) the National Planning Framework (or, where appropriate, the National Spatial Strategy);

(d) the role of behavioural change on the part of individuals,businesses, organisations and society in supporting the Government to pursue the national 2050 climate objective and the policies and measures required to effect such change;

(e) the full life-cycle of emissions including consumption emissions and the implications for non-territorial emissions; and

(f) the special, economic, social and environmental role of agriculture.”.