Households and businesses will be slow to make the changes needed to cut carbon emissions if they don't get the right support and incentives, the chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council has warned. Households and businesses will be slow to make the changes needed to cut carbon emissions if they don't get the right support and incentives, the chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council has warned. Professor John FitzGerald said companies and consumers needed to reap rewards if they were to be persuaded to invest in energy efficiency in their properties. "Transforming Irish society to become carbon neutral is a massive challenge," he said. "While it is the right thing to do, it has to be profitable for companies and households to invest in change but they also need help, advice and encouragement.

Source: Irish Independent February 01, 2020 02:33 UTC