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Environmental group launches action against Government's climate change plan
Summary
Friends of the Irish Environment CLG has filed a High Court challenge against the Government's National Mitigation Plan, arguing it is flawed and fails to meet the 2015 Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act. The NGO contends the plan does not specify urgent measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nor does it detail how emissions will be managed or removed to meet international and EU obligations, including the Paris Accord. The court action seeks to quash the government's approval of the plan and to have it remitted for revision in line with the Act's requirements. The group also requests declarations that the plan does not adequately account for the State's obligations under EU law and international agreements. Permission to proceed was granted ex parte by Mr Justice Seamus Noonan, with the case scheduled for a December hearing.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Environmental group launches action against Government's climate change plan. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- 2017-10-23 Publication
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