Ireland's long-term climate strategy is set to be brought to Cabinet in the coming weeks amid ongoing EU infringement proceedings over a three-year delay, LaurenAnna_1 reports
IRELAND’S LONG-TERM CLIMATE strategy is set to be brought to Cabinet in the coming weeks amid ongoing EU infringement proceedings over a three-year delay.
The Department of Environment told The Journal that it plans to submit a draft to the Commission by the end of March and a final version in the last three months of the year. The action over the delayed strategy is the only one currently active against Ireland in the policy area of climate action, but there are 45 active cases in the area of the environment, many of which concern compliance with laws linked to water, air, nature and waste.
When asked for a response, a spokesperson for the Department of Environment said that an updated draft of the strategy will be brought to Cabinet for approval in the coming weeks before submission to the EU.“Ireland responded to the European Commission’s letter of formal notice stating that the submission of Ireland’s Long-Term Strategy had been paused to ensure that it aligns fully with domestic climate ambition and with Climate Action Plan 2023,” the department spokesperson told The Journal.
“The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has prepared an updated draft Long-Term Strategy which it will bring to Cabinet in the coming weeks, seeking approval to submit the draft Strategy to the Commission. This will be followed by a public consultation.” They are also crucial, it said, to moving “towards the long-term goal set by the Paris Agreement – holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C”.
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