Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas emissions fell by 0.8 per cent in 2006, as compared to 2005.
Figures released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) show that, while Ireland’s Kyoto target in the period 2008-2012 is 62.84 million tonnes per annum, Ireland’s emissions in 2006 of 69.77 million tonnes were almost seven million tonnes above this limit.
The EPA compiles Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas emission estimates annually. The 2006 figures have been submitted to the European Commission and will remain provisional until March 2008. A summary report on the 2006 figures is now available at http://www.epa.ie/news/pr/2008/name,23984,en.html.
