Eamon Ryan
Question:475. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Ireland's third biennial report to the UNFCCC was three months late. [18100/18]
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requires that Parties submit regular reports on the steps they are taking to implement the Convention. These reports set out a Party’s historic and projected emissions, climate polices, measures taken and under consideration, and major policy developments in the reporting period.
National Communications are submitted every four years, and form a significant part of this process. National Communications from developed country Parties (such as Ireland) include information on emissions and removals of greenhouse gases, policies and measures in place, vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, and education, training, and public awareness initiatives. Additionally, developed country Parties set out details of assistance provided to developing country Parties.
In addition, developed countries submit Biennial Reports every two years. These reports outline the progress made towards the achievement of emissions reductions and the provision of financial, technology, and capacity-building support to non-developed countries.
Parties were invited to submit their Seventh National Communications no later than 1 January 2018. Ireland advised the UNFCCC in December 2017 that this submission would be delayed, which was necessitated by a number of factors, including the desirability of taking account of recent policy developments and revisions to UNFCCC guidance on the preparation of National Communications. Ireland submitted its Seventh National Communication and Third Biennial Report to the UNFCCC on 30 March 2018.