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National climate objective
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5. The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 3:
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“National climate objective
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3. (1) The State shall, so as to reduce the extent of further global warming, pursue and achieve, by no later than the end of the year 2050, the transition to a climate resilient, biodiversity rich, environmentally sustainable and climate neutral economy (in this Act referred to as the ‘national climate objective’).
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(2) For the purpose of enabling the State to pursue and achieve the national climate objective, the Minister shall make and submit to the Government for approval—
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(a) carbon budgets in accordance with sections 6B and 6D,
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(b) a sectoral emissions ceiling in accordance with section 6C,
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(c) a climate action plan in accordance with section 4,
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(d) a national long term climate action strategy in accordance with section 4, and
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(e) a national adaptation framework in accordance with section 5.
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(3) The Minister and the Government shall carry out their respective functions under sections 4, 5, 6, 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D in a manner—
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(a) that is consistent with the ultimate objective specified in Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change done at New York on 9 May 1992, and:
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(i) any mitigation or adaptation commitments entered into by the European Union in response or otherwise in relation to that objective;
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(ii) the steps specified in Articles 2 and 4(1) of the Agreement done at Paris on 12 December 2015 to achieve that objective,
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and
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(b) which takes account of the most recent national greenhouse gas emissions inventory and projection of future greenhouse gas emissions, prepared by the Agency.
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(4) The Minister shall consult with the Advisory Council for the purpose of the performance, by him or her, of his or her functions under sections 4, 5 and 6.
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(5) The Government may consult with the Advisory Council for the purpose of the performance by them of their functions under sections 4 to 6D.”.
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