Carbon Budgets: Opportunities and Challenges for Irish Business. DCU Business School and BITCI 2024

The ecological, social and economic impacts of climate change are rapidly intensifying. Globally, 2023 was the hottest year on record and in Ireland, winter 2023-24 was one of the wettest ever. Under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, Ireland must reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 51% by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.