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Minister for the Environment John Gormley is set to announce Ireland’s second carbon budget later today.

It is expected he will outline the Government’s plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and plans to drive towards a sustainable energy economy

Minister Gormley is due to provide further information on Minister Linehan’s Budget announcements yesterday. such as an increase in funding for sustainable energy programmes in Ireland.

LONDON (Reuters) - At the age of 25, Dan Lewer is going into retirement — carbon emissions retirement that is.

Lewer is co-founder of a new online carbon offset company called Carbon Retirement , which launched on July 15.

Carbon Retirement offers consumers and companies a novel approach to offsetting their carbon footprint by letting them dip into the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme, the 27-nation bloc’s flagship weapon in fighting climate change.
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Climate change is an ever increasingly serious problem in the world that affects us all every minute of every day. Increasing evidence is proofing that human emissions of greenhouse gases are changing the world’s climate. Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is the main greenhouse gas behind global warming. Using fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal sends lots of CO₂ into the atmosphere, and this traps heat

Over 40 per cent of CO2 emissions in the Ireland & the UK come directly from what we do as individuals; for example, heating and using electricity in our homes - and driving vehicles.

What can we do to help?

Calculate your carbon footprint using our online calculator, learn how to reduce it and then offset your past emissions through one of our carbon offset projects.

There is so much each of us can do to reduce our carbon emissions. The energy choices we make at home, our diets, how we travel, and what we purchase and dispose of all influence our carbon footprint.