Ireland's independent climate advisory body said sectoral targets set by government this week to limit carbon emissions fall short of the 51% cut to greenhouse gas emissions ministers are legally obliged to implement by 2030.
The coalition government on Thursday agreed targets to limit emissions in key sectors, including compromising on a 25% cut for the agricultural sector following weeks of disagreement between members of the centre-right Fianna Fail and Fine Gael parties and their smaller Green Party colleagues.
"Firstly, and most importantly, the quantified emissions reductions only amount to a reduction of 43% excluding the Land Use Sector and are therefore not consistent with the objective in the Climate Action Act."
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