Reflecting the Air Quality theme of EU Green Week 2013 and coinciding with World Environment Day, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan announced that the Irish Government has approved his proposal for Ireland to join the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). The overarching objective of the CCAC, which was established in 2012, is to reduce the impacts of short-lived climate pollutants (or SLCPs), through complementary, short-term measures for addressing climate change, under the overall stewardship of UNEP.
Ireland is joining over 30 developed and developing countries, as well as representatives of business, environmental NGOs and the scientific research community, in seeking to collaborate and progress a range of initiatives that can complement work being progressed under the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change to reduce emissions of harmful greenhouse gases and help to slow and ultimately reverse the trend of increasing global temperatures. In deciding to join the Coalition, Minister Hogan highlighted the importance of working with other progressive countries and partners to take action that can address both climate change and air pollution issues.
See full Article: http://www.eu2013.ie/news/news-items/20130606eugreenweek2013/
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