Climate law

Climate Bill a chance to set new anti-fossil fuel norms

[Published in the Irish Times on Friday March 26th 2021] While the Cabinet was busy finalising the Climate Bill on Tuesday last, over in the Dáil chamber members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action were being treated to a vision of what climate action might actually look like. Expert witnesses described a possible …

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Climate Bill weak on responsibility for cutting emissions

[Published by the Irish Times on the 8th October 2020] Yesterday, 102 days after the formation of the Government, we finally saw the publication of the government’s Climate Bill. It should represent a milestone in Irish climate policy, and an important early achievement of the new government. But does it deliver on the commitments made …

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