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Confused about the #ClimateBill furore? Understandable! Will @EamonRyan amendment this evening address the concern arising from the amendments rushed in during the Seanad stage last week? No IMHO. Why? Respectfully I can only describe it as a red herring fix on a v dodgy powers.
The amendments Government made at the last minute in Seanad allow for the establishment of a parallel accounting system & rules devised at the discretion of Gov in regulations, which will govern the all important carbon budget which is at the heart of the framework in the bill.
U know this runs the risk here in Ireland of the rules being influenced by sectors who will argue for dodgy unscientifically proven rules & ways of calculating what they have done & have yet to do on GHGs,in ways which are NOT consistent with the UNFCCC approach. So Safeguards?🤔
