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Climate action plan 2019
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Ireland. Department of the Taoiseach, 'Climate action plan 2019', [other], Department of the Taoiseach, 2019-08
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The accelerating impact of greenhouse gas emissions on climate disruption must be arrested. The
window of opportunity to act is fast closing, but Ireland is way off course. As economic recovery has
taken hold, it is clear that the link between prosperity and emissions has not been broken.
Ireland has directly experienced the extreme weather events of flooding, drought and lock down
by extreme snow fall. But many countries have experienced much worse. The shift in climate
is bringing profound shifts of desertification, rising sea levels, displaced population, profound
challenges to the natural world, and economic and social disruption. We are close to a tipping point
where these impacts will sharply worsen.
Decarbonisation is now a must if the world is to contain the damage and build resilience in the face
of such a profound challenge.
Under the Programme for Government a Citizens Assembly was established to examine the
challenge and it has signposted the way for radical reform. An All Party Committee was established,
chaired by Deputy Hildegarde Naughton TD, which held lengthy hearings and has issued a
comprehensive set of recommendations. This report has since been unanimously endorsed by the
Dáil, while at the same time declaring a Climate and Biodiversity Emergency.
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2019-08
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Department of the Taoiseach
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Climate Action Plan.pdf
Adobe PDF, 2.61 MB