Currently working its way through the Irish legislative system
is an Irish Climate Change Bill that has the potential to be one
of the strongest of its kind in the world. The importance of
such a bill cannot be understated, the sooner real change is
cemented into law, the sooner Ireland can lead the way as a
country devoted to curbing climate change. The Framework for the
Climate Change Bill 2010 written by Minister John Gormley has
already been released. With the Heads of Bill just around the
corner the Irish Climate Change Bill of 2010 has the chance to
be passed into law by the end of the year, just in time for the
next UN Conference on Climate Change in Mexico in November. The
Irish Climate Bill represents real and definite change for
Ireland. With its passing, the bill with elevate the climate
change issue to a national priority and put Ireland’s
international obligations into law. It will require an 80%
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and establish a
Climate Change Committee to oversee the