Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-06-10
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David Cullinane (SF), Waterford

I refer to the page of the annual transition statement which deals with greenhouse gas emission projections. It sets out the targets and the binding limits that we agreed to, as a country, from 2013 to 2020. Our 2020 targets were that our non-ETS emissions to be reduced by 20% by 2020. The statement states that the best case scenario is that we may have achieved a target 5% or 6% below the 2005 levels. In the worst-case scenario, when oil prices are factored in, it may be as low as 0% or 1%. What was the actual achievement in terms of that 2020 non-ETS target? What percentage reduction was achieved?

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Sitting date: 2020-06-10