Govt awarded B- grade for delivery of climate commitments
A panel of independent experts who annually assess delivery of the climate commitments in the Programme for Government has awarded the Government a ‘B minus’ grade this year and said Ireland has turned a corner away from being a climate policy laggard. However, it warned that the climate commitments in the Programme for Government were not enough to achieve a truly sustainable society or to meet national and international climate targets in the first place, and that faster action is now needed. This is the fourth year in a row that Friends of the Earth has commissioned a detailed analysis and scorecard about how well the Government is delivering on almost 300 climate-related commitments in the Programme for Government. Keep up to date with all the latest Irish and international news and current affairs with http://www.rte.ie/news Credit to : RTÉ News