Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D., has released the New National Climate Policy, reaching a further key milestone in the development of the legislation.

Following the review of national climate policy in November 2011, the Government commissioned the independent analysis from the NESC Secretariat, which was requested to submit, by end June 2012, an interim report addressing policies and measures to close the distance to Ireland’s greenhouse gas mitigation targets already in place for the period 2013-20. The second and final report, which is due to be submitted by the Secretariat by the end of the year, will focus on the development of a basis for a long-term socio-economic vision to underpin effective national transition to a low-carbon future by 2050.

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Thanking the NESC Secretariat for their comprehensive report, Minister Hogan said “that it brought a complete and clear focus to both the significant greenhouse gas emission mitigation target which Ireland faces in the period to 2020, and the options to address both the challenges and opportunities of moving to a low-carbon future. The Government will now be giving careful consideration to the report”.

(GK)