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Ireland's Building Emissions Crisis | Cork News
Ireland’s building emissions are falling — but barely, and mostly thanks to a warmer winter, not real progress. The Climate Change Advisory Council warns we’re dangerously behind on climate targets, with residential buildings projected to overshoot their limits by 22% and commercial by a staggering 60%. With 90% of our heat still from fossil fuels, urgent action is needed: speed up home retrofits, ditch fossil fuel boilers by 2040, install more heat pumps and solar panels — especially in social housing. Solutions exist, public support is there, but policy and funding must catch up before we…
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