Ireland. Biennial report (BR). BR 4
Category: UNFCCC
Document Type: Biennial Report
Role: Main
Ireland's Fourth Biennial Report to UNFCCC, 2020
This document is Ireland's Fourth Biennial Report (BR4) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2020. The report serves to fulfill Ireland's reporting obligations under the UNFCCC framework. Its scope includes providing detailed information on national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and trends, including a summary of the national GHG inventory system, trends broken down by sector and gas, and updates on national inventory arrangements since the previous report (BR3). The report outlines Ireland's quantified economy-wide emission reduction target and details the progress made towards achieving this target. This progress section includes information on domestic arrangements for climate action and specific mitigation actions, policies, and measures that have been implemented or are planned since BR3. It also covers estimates of emission reductions and removals resulting from the use of market-based mechanisms and activities in the Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. Finally, the report provides information on the assessment of the economic and social consequences of response measures.
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Ireland’s Fourth Biennial Report to the UNFCCC 2020 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 5 2. Information on GHG emissions and trends, GHG inventory including information on inventory system ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Introduction and summary information on national GHG inventory .......................................... 7 2.1.1 Trends by Sector .................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.2 Trends by Gas ......................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 National inventory arrangements .............................................................................................. 12 2.2.1 Summary information on national inventory arrangements .............................................. 13 2.2.2 Summary information on changes to national inventory arrangements since the last National Communication or Biennial Report................................................................................ 16 3. Quantified economy-wide emission reduction target ..................................................................... 17 4. Progress in achievement of the quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets ................. 20 4.1 Mitigation actions and their effects ........................................................................................... 20 4.1.1 Domestic Arrangements ...................................................................................................... 20 4.1.2 Information on mitigation actions, including on policies and measures implemented or planned since BR3 ......................................................................................................................... 27 4.2 Estimates of emissions reductions and removals from use of units from Market Based Mechanisms and Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry ............................................................ 56 4.2.1 Market Based Mechanisms ................................................................................................. 56 4.2.2 Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry ........................................................................... 57 4.3 Information on the assessment of the economic and social consequences of response measures ........................................................................................................................................... 58 4.3.1 International Impact Assessment Systems .......................................................................... 58 4.3.2 National Impact Assessment Systems ................................................................................. 59 5. Projections ........................................................................................................................................ 62 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 62 5.2 Projections of Greenhouse Gas Emissions ................................................................................. 62 Page 2 of 116 5.3 Projections by Sector .................................................................................................................. 64 5.3.1 Projections by Sector (With Measures Scenario) ................................................................ 64 5.3.2 Projections by Sector (With Additional Measures Scenario) .............................................. 66 5.4 Projections by Gas ...................................................................................................................... 67 5.4.1 Projections by Gas (With Measures Scenario) .................................................................... 67 5.5 Methodological Approach .......................................................................................................... 69 5.6 Sectoral Analysis and Total Effects of Policies and Measures .................................................... 73 5.6.1 Energy Industries (IPCC sector 1.A.1) .................................................................................. 73 5.6.2 Manufacturing Industries and Construction (IPCC sector 1.A.2) ......................................... 75 5.6.3 Transport (IPCC sector 1.A.3)............................................................................................... 76 5.6.4 Commercial/Institutional/Services sector (IPCC sector 1.A.4.a) ......................................... 78 5.6.5 Residential sector (IPCC sector 1.A.4.b) .............................................................................. 80 5.6.6 Fugitive emissions from Fuels (IPCC Sector 1.B.2) .............................................................. 82 5.6.7 Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPCC Sector 2) ........................................................ 82
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