Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action welcomes publication of OECD report ‘Redesigning Ireland’s Transport for Net Zero’

Committee Cathaoirleach Brian Leddin TD said: “The focus of current transport policy is on decarbonising the transport system via electrification. However, the report shows that this is unlikely to lead to the systems change that is needed to achieve our climate targets.

“These findings align with an important report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action, ‘Reducing Emissions in the Transport Sector by 51% by 2030’, which we published in June 2021.”

The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action has 14 Members, nine from the Dáil and five from the Seanad.

The Committee’s Report on Reducing Emissions in the Transport Sector by 51% by 2030 is available on the Oireachtas website.