{"id":2125,"date":"2023-06-02T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T08:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/government-must-outline-plan-to-meet-2030-climate-targets\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:41:28","slug":"government-must-outline-plan-to-meet-2030-climate-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/government-must-outline-plan-to-meet-2030-climate-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Must Outline Plan To Meet 2030 Climate Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The government excels at climate rhetoric, but fails dismally at climate action<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Confirmation that our climate action targets will not be met should not come as a surprise, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the EPA, we have no hope of meeting our 2030 climate action targets. Instead of a reduction of emissions of 51%, in the best case scenario emissions will only drop by 29%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost every sector is going to miss its target \u2013 including agriculture, transport and industry. The projections of such wholesale failure are extremely alarming \u2013 but not surprising. Every climate action target the government has set, since coming to power, has been missed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government excels at climate rhetoric, but fails dismally at climate action. Climate Minister Eamon Ryan must now tell us how he intends to turn this around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have less than seven years to meet our legally binding climate targets. If we fail, not only will be country face a significant financial penalty, but our natural world and biodiversity will suffer irreversible harm.<\/p>\n<p>2 June, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government excels at climate rhetoric, but fails dismally at climate action Confirmation that our climate action targets will not be met should not come as a surprise, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cAccording to the EPA, we have no hope of meeting our 2030 climate action targets. 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