Trevor Sargent
Ceist:817 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the review of the national climate change strategy. [22719/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 28 June 2005
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Freagraí scríofa
The Government's national climate change strategy, published in November 2000, provides a comprehensive framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the most efficient and equitable manner, and for ensuring that Ireland meets its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The strategy has provided the basis for Government policy and action in regard to climate change since 2000.
A progress report on the implementation of the strategy was published in 2002. The strategy is currently under review in my Department so as to take account of developments at national, European and international levels since its publication four years ago. A key purpose of the review is to ensure the adequacy of existing measures and the development, where appropriate, of additional measures. I intend to publish a document setting out progress in regard to the climate change agenda towards the end of the summer. As part of the review process, this document will set the agenda for a comprehensive bottom-up review of policies and measures in the strategy.