CLIMATE

ACTION
PLAN
2019
To Tackle Climate Breakdown

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 Electricity Buildings Public Sector
Citizens and Communities

70% 500,000 Reduce 30%

Electricity generated
from renewable Engage Communities across the
sources by 2030 emissions from the
existing homes to upgrade country through: public sector by by 2030
Homeowners to ‘B2’ equivalent BER by 2030
• Establishing a Community Outreach Programme
to generate
Every public body

600,000
their own • Driving action through the National Dialogue
electricity will adopt a Mandate for
on Climate Action
Phase-out and sell back to Climate Action in 2019
Coal and Peat the grid under scheme for heat pumps installed by 2030 • Increase the number of Sustainable Energy
electricity generation micro-generation (of which 400,000 will be in existing buildings)
Communities to 1,500

Transport
New retrofitting delivery model,
which will group retrofits together, leverage
smart finance, and ensure easy pay-back methods
• Develop flagship low-carbon
projects in all Local Authorities
Improve energy
efficiency of public
sector buildings
50%
by 2030
Increase the number of EVs by 2030 to circa

1 million Waste and the Circular

Economy
Establish a Just
Transition Review Group,
To be Enshrined in Law

Carbon proofing all government

10%
which will identify specific transition needs among
Build EV charging network Reduce cohorts of workers, enterprises, communities
and specific groups of people
decisions and major investments
to stay ahead of demand the percentage of
municipal waste
sent to landfill to by 2035 Climate Action Delivery Board
Expand our network of cycle paths
and ‘Park and Ride’ facilities, overseen by the Taoiseach to

helping ease congestion Reduce food waste by Enterprise and Services monitor delivery

50% by 2030 Embed decarbonisation and

No diesel-only purchases waste management measures Strong accountability to an
for public buses in our cities
across all enterprises Oireachtas Climate Action Committee
from 1 July 2019 By 2030 and public service bodies

5
Recycle Recycle
Agriculture 70% of
packaging
55% of plastic
packaging
Mobilise low carbon centers
of excellence in our regions
Year
Deliver GHG emissions reduction
waste waste and across sectors
Carbon Budget
identified by Teagasc by creating new, Plan for the delivery of quality
sustainable opportunities Eliminate non-recyclable plastic and impose Independent Climate Action Council
employment and enterprise in
for family farms higher fees on the production of materials to recommend the Carbon Budget
the new areas of opportunity
that are difficult to recycle and evaluate policy

8,000 ha
on average, of newly
Ban specific single-use
plastic convenience items
International Action
Carbon Pricing
planted forest per year including polystyrene food,
cup, and drink containers Double the percentage of
Overseas Development Aid Trajectory of Carbon Pricing to create
behaviour changing incentives and avoid
40,000 ha
at least, of improved spending on climate finance
grasslands on drained locking in carbon intensive technologies
organic soils per year by 2030
 Public Sector
Citizens and Communities

Engage Communities across the

country through:
Reduce
emissions from the
public sector by
30%
by 2030
• Establishing a Community Outreach Programme
Every public body
• Driving action through the National Dialogue
will adopt a Mandate for
on Climate Action
Climate Action in 2019
• Increase the number of Sustainable Energy
Communities to 1,500

• Develop flagship low-carbon

projects in all Local Authorities
Improve energy
efficiency of public
sector buildings
50%
by 2030

Establish a Just To be Enshrined in Law

Transition Review Group,
which will identify specific transition needs among Carbon proofing all government
cohorts of workers, enterprises, communities decisions and major investments
and specific groups of people

Climate Action Delivery Board

overseen by the Taoiseach to
Enterprise and Services monitor delivery

Embed decarbonisation and

waste management measures Strong accountability to an
across all enterprises Oireachtas Climate Action Committee
and public service bodies

5 Year
Mobilise low carbon centers
of excellence in our regions
and across sectors
Carbon Budget
Plan for the delivery of quality
Independent Climate Action Council
employment and enterprise in
to recommend the Carbon Budget
the new areas of opportunity
and evaluate policy

International Action
Carbon Pricing
Double the percentage of
Overseas Development Aid Trajectory of Carbon Pricing to create
spending on climate finance behaviour changing incentives and avoid
by 2030 locking in carbon intensive technologies
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ACTION
PLAN
2019
To Tackle Climate Breakdown

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Department of Communications,
Climate Action & Environment