Ireland is the worst-performing Eu country in the fight against climate change.

Ireland has been named as the worst-performing Eu country in the fight against climate change. These finding are by the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI).

The CCPI is an independent monitoring tool of countries’ climate protection performance. Their aim is to increase transparency in international climate politics, to show the comparisons of the climate protection efforts and the progress made by individual countries.

Their findings;

• In 2019, Ireland is still rated as the worst-performing EU country in the CCPI.

• Ireland reaches number 48 and remains in the group of very-low-performing countries.

• It is clear that the existing climate reduction efforts will not permit Ireland to achieve it’s EU 2020 or 2030 targets.

• The long-standing lack of implementation of substantive measures results in a very low rating for Ireland’s national policy performance.

See below graph’s on all aspects that effect Ireland’s Climate change performance.

To learn more about climate change performance visit ;
https://www.climate-change-performance-index.org/