Greenhouse Emissions Down, but Further Cuts Needed
IRELAND, JUL 4 – Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped 2% in 2024, marking a third consecutive year of decline, but a further 10% cut is needed in 2025 to meet climate targets, the EPA said.
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Transport emissions down for first time since Covid but meeting 2030 targets will be “extremely challenging”
Transport emissions in Ireland were reduced by 1.2% in 2024 but would need to decrease by 15.5% this year to stay on track for 2030 emission targets, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said in its latest assessment. Greenhouse gas emissions are overall down by 2% in 2024 and 12% lower than in 2018, which the EPA said is “far off the national climate ambition of a 51 per cent reduction by 2030.” Laura Burke, director general of the EPA…
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