Written answers

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Climate Action Plan

Photo of Darren O'RourkeDarren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of the 183 actions in the Climate Action Plan 2019 that have been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54113/21]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Reporting and publication of progress under the Climate Action Plan is carried out by the Department of the Taoiseach. The most recently published quarterly progress report on the Interim Climate Actions, which continues the reporting of the Climate Action Plan 2019, shows a delivery rate of 64%. The reports can be found here www.gov.ie/en/publication/55fde-climate-action-important-publications/.

The Government is committed to an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030, equivalent to a 51% reduction over the decade, and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, in line with EU ambitions.

The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 significantly strengthens the overarching climate governance framework, places in law a national climate objective of achieving climate neutrality no later than 2050, and embeds a process of carbon budgeting, including sectoral emission ceilings. Putting these requirements in legislation places a clear obligation on this and future governments for sustained climate action.

Last week the Government published the Climate Action Plan 2021. This plan will continue to maintain a whole-of-government focus on implementation. It is envisaged that a similar reporting mechanism will apply to the new Plan together with the statutory oversight arrangements set out in the 2021 Climate Act.

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