Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 (No. 32 of 2021).
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Abstract
The Act amends the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (No. 46 of 2015) (the Principal Act) in several sections, in particular it reformulates under section 3 "the National Climate Objective"; the State shall, so as to reduce the extent of further global warming, pursue and achieve, by no later than the end of the year 2050, the transition to a climate resilient, biodiversity rich, environmentally sustainable and climate neutral economy. For the purpose of enabling the State to pursue and achieve the national climate objective, the Minister shall make and submit to the Government for approval (a) carbon budgets; (b) a sectoral emissions ceiling; (c) a climate action plan; (d) a national long term climate action strategy; (e) a national adaptation framework. It also provides for the role of local authorities; each local authority shall prepare and make a "local authority climate action plan" which shall specify the mitigation measures and the adaptation measures to be adopted by the local authority.
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An Act to provide for the approval of plans by the Government in relation to climate change for the purpose of pursuing the transition to a climate resilient, biodiversity rich and climate neutral economy by no later than the end of the year 2050 and to thereby promote climate justice, and just transition; to make certain changes to the Climate Change Advisory Council; to provide for carbon budgets and a sectoral emissions ceiling to apply to different sectors of the economy; to provide for reporting by Ministers of the Government to a joint committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas; to provide for local authority climate action plans; for those and other purposes to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 ; to provide that local authorities shall, when making development plans, take account of their climate action plans and, for that purpose to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 ; to extend the purposes for which moneys may be paid out of the Climate Action Fund and, for that purpose to amend the National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 ; to provide for the repeal of certain provisions of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 ; to amend the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1954 to alter the borrowing powers of the Electricity Supply Board and its subsidiaries; and to provide for related matters.
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Repealed
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English
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in force
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