The Government’s long-awaited plan to address the threat of climate breakdown “is the biggest innovation in Irish climate policy in 20 years”, according to Friends of the Earth director Oisín Coghlan. Renewable Energy Ireland, a group of sustainable energy associations working to support the energy transition, welcomed the plan, describing it as “a road map for turning Ireland into a climate-change leader”. Its chairwoman, Marie Donnelly, said: “This plan recognises that action needs to be taken across all of society to deliver the radical changes we need to decarbonise Ireland’s energy system. The development agency called on the Government to urgently bring forward legislation to give effect to the critical new climate policy changes promised. “The critical issue for farm families is that our low-carbon agri-food sector, which is Ireland’s largest indigenous sector, is fully recognised and not jeopardised by this climate plan.

Source: The Irish Times June 17, 2019 21:11 UTC