AQO 6453/11-15 Oral question to the Minister of the Environment
To ask the Minister of the Environment for an update on his progress in achieving a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by at least 35 per cent on 1990 levels by 2025, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government 2011-15.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 19 June 2014
- Answered
- Oral
- After due date
- Tabled
- 19 June 2014
- Answer due by
- 30 June 2014
- Answered
- 3 July 201414 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of the Environment
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Northern Ireland Executive has a target to continue to work towards a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by at least 35 per cent on 1990 levels by 2025. The latest inventory published on 10 June 2014, for the 1990-2012 period, shows a reduction of 16 per cent in 2012 in emissions since the base year of 1990.
My department’s analysts use a projection tool to estimate reductions in 2025 based on the latest inventory. A projection figure based on the 2012 figures will only be available in December 2014. However the 2011-based projection figure shows a 27.6 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2025.