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Chapter 3: Climate Change

There is an urgent need for further polices, regulations and

incentives if Ireland is to meet existing EU targets and to

move onto a pathway to decarbonising energy, transport

and heating and to achieve effective GHG emission

neutrality in the agriculture and land use sectors by 2050.

Ireland is vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change,

which are projected to become more frequent over the

coming decades; effective adaptation actions are needed

to reduce vulnerabilities and increase social, economic and

environmental resilience.

Coherent cross-government engagement with, and

support for strategic and effective local and global actions

to address climate change is in Ireland’s interest.

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