Climate Change Bill 2013

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Climate Change Bill 2013 would require Ireland to reduce its net greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 80% from 1990 levels by 2050, with five-year carbon budgets and annual progress reports to keep reductions on track. It would create an Office of Climate Change and Renewable Energy and an independent Climate Change Commission, require national plans for cutting emissions and adapting to climate risks, and support energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric vehicles and carbon-reduction projects. It would also direct public bodies to report on their climate actions and establish a fund using some carbon-tax and emissions-trading revenue.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; to establish the Department of the Taoiseach as the co-ordinating department under the Act; to confer powers on the Taoiseach to make regulations; to provide for carbon budgets; to establish an Office of Climate Change and Renewable Energy and a Climate Change Commission; to amend the Carbon Fund Act 2007; to put in place a framework and enabling provisions to meet European Union and international commitments on climate change; and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018