{"id":1861,"date":"2022-07-21T09:39:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/epa-report-must-act-as-a-wakeup-call-to-irish-government\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T12:30:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:30:46","slug":"epa-report-must-act-as-a-wakeup-call-to-irish-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/epa-report-must-act-as-a-wakeup-call-to-irish-government\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA report must act as a wakeup call to this Government, which is sleepwalking us into a disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>While this government excels at climate rhetoric, it fails miserably at climate action<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s EPA report, which reveals our carbon emissions are going up instead of down, must act as a wakeup call for the government, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s EPA report confirms that our carbon emissions are going up, not down. Last year, our emissions rose by 4.7pc \u2013 almost the exact the figure they were supposed to decrease by.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmissions rose in energy due to increased use of coal and oil for electricity generation. They were also up in transport and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe carbon budget for the period 2021 to 2025 aimed to reduce emissions by 4.8% on average annually, with reductions ramping up to 8.3% annually in later years to 2030. We are nowhere near meeting even that reduced target \u2013 meaning, cuts to emissions will now have to be even deeper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is little prospect of that happening. While this government excels at climate rhetoric, it fails miserably at climate action. The continued wrangling at the heart of the cabinet over the sectoral emissions target is just the latest evidence of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the government cannot even agree the blindingly obvious \u2013 that agriculture will have to reduce emissions by 30pc by 2030 \u2013 what hope does it have of credibly convincing anyone it is serious about climate action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis EPA report must act as a wakeup call to this government, which is sleepwalking us into a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time for this government to act and outline the steps it will take to ensure our emissions go down, not up. Industries across the economy, including agriculture, must be supported as they make this vital transition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>21 July, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While this government excels at climate rhetoric, it fails miserably at climate action Today\u2019s EPA report, which reveals our carbon emissions are going up instead of down, must act as a wakeup call for the government, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cToday\u2019s EPA report confirms that our carbon emissions are going up, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[405,268,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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