Emissions must fall by 12.4% in 2023, 2024 and 2025 in order to stay within Ireland's first carbon budget, the EPA has warned
IRELAND’S EMISSIONS FELL only 2% in 2022, according to the latest assessment by the Environmental Protection Agency, raising alarm bells about whether the country can stay within legally-binding emissions ceilings between now and 2025.
In the electricity sector, an annual reduction of 17% is now required over the next three years to stay within budget, while industry, agriculture, residential buildings and transport need to make annual reductions of 9%, 8%, 7% and 5% respectively. The EPA’s new report on Ireland’s emissions from 1990 to 2022 shows that Ireland exceeded its annual limit on emissions last year under an EU measure called the Effort Sharing Regulation, even though emissions fell in most sectors.
Residential emissions decreased by 12.7%, which the EPA attributes to the impact of higher fuel prices, the smoky fuel ban, and milder weather. International aviation emissions are not included in the national emissions figures but were found to have increased by 130% last year.
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