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Climate Action Plan
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The Climate Action Plan 2024 (CAP24) is the third annual update to Ireland’s Climate Action Plan.
The purpose of the Climate Action Plan is to lay out a roadmap of actions which will ultimately lead us to meeting our national climate objective of pursuing and achieving, by no later than the end of the year 2050, the transition to a climate resilient, biodiversity rich, environmentally sustainable and climate neutral economy. It aligns with the legally binding economy-wide carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings that were agreed by Government in July 2022.
A draft of the Plan was agreed by Government in December 2023 and, following the completion of Strategic Environmental Assessment, Appropriate Assessment, and a six week public consultation, the finalised version of the CAP24 was approved by Government on 21 May 2024.
The Climate Action Plan 2023 (CAP23) is the second annual update to Ireland’s Climate Action Plan 2019. This plan is the first to be prepared under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, and following the introduction, in 2022, of economy-wide carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings.
The Plan was launched on 21 December 2022.
The Climate Action Plan 2021 (CAP21) provides a detailed plan for taking decisive action to achieve a 51% reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and setting us on a path to reach net-zero emissions by no later than 2050, as committed to in the Programme for Government and set out in the Climate Act 2021.
The Plan was launched on 4 November 2021.
Ireland’s first Climate Action Plan, Climate Action Plan 2019 (CAP19), was launched on 17 June 2019; setting out an ambitious course of action over the coming years to address diverse and wide-ranging impacts on Ireland’s environment, society, economic and natural resources.