Agriculture is still the largest single source of greenhouse gases in Ireland, closely followed by energy and transport. House grants will be restructured to favor more energy efficient houses. Emissions from buildings will be reduced by several measures including improved spatial and energy use planning. Revisions to Ireland's building code will ensure better insulated and more energy efficient buildings. Dempsey said the government will be undertaking an awareness campaign to spell out the need for the public's support for the plan, which will be published in a plain speaking guide.
Agriculture is still the largest single source of greenhouse gases in Ireland.
The Earthwatch Climate Campaign group welcomed the tax on carbon by 2002, but said it was 10 years too late. Unfortunately there is absolutely no chance that the situation will ever change until it is made easy enough for people to do their bit on climate change through the medium of the ordinary everyday operation of our economy. Ireland is fast becoming one of the most prosperous nations in Europe. Finnegan said that his group has been proposing most of the measures contained in today's strategy for more than a decade. Up to now, not too many people, least of all, it seems, in government, have been listening to us.