SHARING OPTIONS: We need a new action plan in place for this summer, Minister Eamon Ryan has said.\ Claire Nash
Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan is aiming for the country’s first carbon budgets to be set by June or July.
Under the climate bill, carbon budgets will be adopted every five years to cut greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of the economy, including agriculture.
Speaking on RTÉ’s
Morning Ireland on Thursday, Minister Ryan said there is an urgency to get the climate action bill through the Dáil.
“We have an urgency here time-wise. We need a new action plan in place for this summer.”
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