CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 2021

1 CLIMATE ACTIONPLAN 2021 Securing Our FutureContents3 ContentsGlossary of Acronyms 5 Executive Summary 81 The Critical Nature of the Challenge 122 Where We Stand 17 2 1 Trends in Ireland s Emissions to Date 18 Ireland s National CLIMATE Targets 19 Impact of Existing Policies 19 Actions 193 Policy to Date and Expected Impact of Planned Policies 20 Actions 234 Choosing the Pathways which Create the Least Burden and Offer the Most Opportunity for Ireland 24 Introduction 25 Sector Abatement

2 Ambition 26 4 3 Investments Required 29 Benefits for Ireland 315 Governance of the Challenge 32 5 1 Governance Structure 33 Delivery of the CLIMATE ACTION Plan 33 Carbon Proofing of Government Policy 33 Carbon Budgets and Sectoral Emissions Ceilings 33 Oversight of Government 34 Actions 356 Ensuring a Just Transition to a CLIMATE Neutral Ireland 36 Introduction 37 Defining a Just CLIMATE Transition 37 Just Transition Framework

3 38 Actions 467 A Just Transition Implementation Plan for the Midlands Region 47 Peat in the Midlands Region 48 Responding to the Transition 49 Measures to Deliver a Just Transition in the Midlands 49 Actions 558 Citizen Engagement 56 State of Play 57 Targets 58 Measures to Deliver Targets 60 Actions 649 Public Sector Leading by Example 66 State of Play 67

4 Targets 68 Measures to Deliver Targets 68 Actions 7510 Carbon Pricing and Cross-cutting Policies 76 Introduction 77 Targets 77 Measures to Deliver Targets 77 Actions 8811 Electricity 91 State of Play 92 Targets 94 Measures to Deliver Targets 95 Actions

5 994 Contents12 Enterprise 97 State of Play 102 Targets 105 Measures to Deliver Targets 106 Actions 11013 Built Environment 113 State of Play 114 Targets 117 Measures to Deliver Targets 117 Actions 12214 National Retrofit Plan 124 Introduction 125 Pillar 1 Driving

6 Demand and Activity 129 Pillar 2 Financing and Funding Models 133 Pillar 3 Supply Chain, Skills and Standards 135 Pillar 4 Structures and Governance 139 Actions 14015 Transport 142 State of Play 143 Targets 146 Measures to Deliver Targets

7 146 Actions 15216 Agriculture 154 State of Play 157 Targets 160 Measures to Deliver Targets 161 Actions 16317 Land Use, Land Use Change.

8 Forestry and the Marine 166 State of Play 167 Targets 170 Measures to Deliver Targets 170 Actions 17518 The Circular Economy 178 The Challenge of Sustainable Use of Resources 179 State of Play 179 Targets 182 Measures to Deliver Targets 183 Actions 18519 Ireland s International ACTION on CLIMATE Breakdown 187 Introduction 188 State of Play

9 189 Actions 19220 Sustainable Development Goals 193 Introduction 194 SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy 194