EPA - Ireland's Environment, An Integrated Assessment - 2020

Chapter 2: Climate Change Table 2.1  Overview of selected international, EU and national policy/plan objectives and targets POLICY OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS SOURCES TARGET YEAR Limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels Paris Agreement 2015 (United Nations) Long-term global goal Balance GHG emissions and removals as informed by best available science Paris Agreement 2015 (United Nations) Second half of this century Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 2030 EU ETS sectors to reduce emissions by 21% (compared with 2005) Non-ETS (Effort Sharing Regulation) sectors to reduce emissions by 20% (compared with 2005) – main sectors are agriculture, transport, commercial, residential and waste EU 2020 Climate And Energy Package 2020 EU ETS sectors to reduce emissions by 43% (compared with 2005) EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework 2030 Non-ETS (Effort Sharing Regulation) sectors to reduce emissions by 30% (compared with 2005) – main sectors are agriculture, transport, commercial, public, residential and waste. EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework 2030 Fundamental national objective to achieve transition to a competitive, low-carbon, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050 National Policy Position (2014) 2050 Statutory basis for the national transition objective; to achieve the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by the end of 2050 Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act (2015) 2050 Reduce emissions of CO 2 in electricity generation, the built environment and transport by at least 80% compared with 1990 Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act (2015) 2050 Identify an approach to ‘carbon neutrality’ for the agriculture and land use sector National Mitigation Plan (2017) 2050 Build sectoral and local-level resilience to climate change impacts National Adaptation Framework (2018) Ongoing Pathway to meeting EU 2030 targets that is consistent with net zero carbon target by 2050 (in line with EU vision) Climate Action Plan (2019) 2030 and 2050 Note: ETS, Emissions Trading System. 39