Latest climate data ‘smashes myth you can’t grow economy and reduce emissions’
Taoiseach Simon Harris has welcomed new data that showed Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions last year were the lowest in three decades.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 6.8 per cent in 2023, with reductions in almost all sectors.
EPA director general Laura Burke said it was “incredibly positive news” to see the largest year-on-year emissions reduction outside of a recession.
“When we’ve had recessions we’ve had significant reductions, but we haven’t so far been able to have a growing economy and reduction in emissions and that’s what we’ve seen in 2023,” she told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland.
Speaking on his way into Cabinet on Tuesday, Mr Harris said the drop showed “a partnership approach” to climate action with the Irish people was “the way forward”.
“Obviously, we know we’re living through a climate emergency. It’s real. It needs action,” he said.
“But sometimes I think when you’re…
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