Climate change remains the defining challenge of our age. The Environmental Pillar shares the National Economic and Social Council’s analysis (NESC Report 117, page xvi.) that “addressing it will have far reaching economic and social effects”, and that Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions target for 2020, yet to be finalised”, “will pose considerable challenges” and, most significantly, that “the move to a low-carbon economy will also create many new economic opportunities.”…
Download Environmental Pillar response to the public consultation on the climate change response bill 2010 (PDF)