Ireland second-worst in EU on climate change action

Warning of annual non-compliance costs of about €500 million unless measures taken

Kevin O'Sullivan
The report says Ireland has an “impressive potential” of integrating high levels of renewables, especially wind power. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

The report says Ireland has an “impressive potential” of integrating high levels of renewables, especially wind power. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Ireland is the second-worst performing EU member state in tackling climate change, both in terms of national action and support for greater ambition, according to Europe’s largest NGO coalition working on climate and energy issues.

The 2018 Off Target report published on Monday by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, which is supported by the European Commission, concludes all EU member states are falling short in adopting the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and in pursuing efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees.

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