This afternoon.

Just ‘dropped’.

Full report here.

Via RTE News:

The aim of this Climate Action Plan is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by the year 2030 – as was specified in climate action legislation passed by the Oireachtas earlier this year.

This plan, which runs to more than 200 pages, lists a range of emissions reductions for multiple sectors, rather than specifying a precise figure.

Some of the ranges are wide – electricity must reduce emissions somewhere between 62% and 81%, a difference of 19%.

Others have narrower range – agriculture must reduce emissions somewhere between 22% and 30% – only an 8% difference.

All sectors will get a specific emissions reduction ceiling next year.

Meanwhile…

Of the 40 actions listed for the agriculture sector – not one mentions either the cattle or sheep herds being reduced in size.

Instead, it appears a significant reduction in chemical fertiliser will be the workhorse for emissions reduction in this sector.

In order to secure public buy-in, there is to be a national dialogue on climate action.

Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions published (RTÉ)

Sponsored Link

13 thoughts on “40 Shades”

  1. Zaccone

    €15.6bn a year is the current projected cost of the plan. Every year until 2030.

    I really struggle to see Irish politicians making home building more expensive, forcing farmers to reduce their herds etc as is required. Its just not going to happen in the near future.

    They’ll virtue signal and talk a big talk but in the end try and delay everything as much as possible. We’ll only see actual progress when the EU both forces us into it, and funds it.

  3. f_lawless

    Treating us like fools. Who decided a future of ubiquitous surveillance with electricity-guzzling data centres to facilitate it was for the common good? If they were serious about addressing over-consumption of the world’s resources then they wouldn’t be implementing this.

    “Data centres could be drawing as much as 1.5GW of energy from Ireland’s electricity grid by 2030 – the equivalent that would power about 1.1 million homes – a study has predicted.

    The electricity usage would represent 31pc of all the power available on the grid by that time.

    One big data centre can use as much power as a large regional town such as Drogheda.”

    https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/data-centres-could-use-up-to-31pc-of-power-by2030-study-reveals-40958440.html

      1. f_lawless

        ..the economy as envisaged by the predatory capitalist elite set.
        …to finish your sentence for you

        1. ce

          … say the guy posting on a website hosted by said data centers…

          … without the internet who would hear your unimportant deranged opinions…

      2. Frank

        we could rig the data centres with a hear transfer system like you do with underfloor heating. thus piping the heated water into irish homes keeping us cosy. likewise if we harnessed the repeated stroke motion of all masturbators arms whilst looking at Internet porn we could in turn power the data centers.
        a perpetual wank engine if you will.
        everyone would have to be fitted with a small ‘walk engine device’ on their forearm.
        we could roll it out with the booster shot programme.
        WHOS WITH ME??

  5. Madam x

    Farmers will need subsidised to cut herds. Transport infrastructure is way behind taking over from cars especially in rural Ireland. This whole plan looks like falling apart before it’s even started. It’s not even close to what we need.

Comments are closed.

Broadsheet.ie