Climate Change Advisory Council Proposes Carbon Budgets for 2021-2035 to Achieve 51% Emissions Reduction by 2030 (assets.gov.ie)

• CCAC proposes carbon budgets: 295 Mt (2021-2025), 200 Mt (2026-2030), 151 Mt (2031-2035 provisional).
• Target: 51% emissions cut by 2030 from 2018 baseline (68.3 Mt to 33.5 Mt CO2eq).
• Budgets based on modelling from UCC, Teagasc, UL; consistent with EU and Paris Agreement.
• LULUCF sector must also reduce emissions by 51% by 2030.
• Report adopted 25 Oct 2021; sets pathway to climate neutrality by 2050.

"The Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) has proposed carbon budgets for Ireland: 295 Mt CO2eq (2021-2025), 200 Mt (2026-2030), and a provisional 151 Mt (2031-2035). These budgets align with a 51% reduction in emissions by 2030 relative to 2018 (68.3 Mt to 33.5 Mt). The report, adopted on 25 October 2021, analyses sectoral impacts, economic implications, and consistency with EU and Paris Agreement obligations. LULUCF emissions must also reduce by 51% by 2030. The budgets set a trajectory towards climate neutrality by 2050."