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49 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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