In January, a group of environmental activists, campaigning under the umbrella of Climate Case Ireland, sought to prove that the plan was in violation of the Constitution by failing to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The case against the Government's Climate Mitigation Plan, known as Climate Case Ireland, was taken by Friends of the Irish Environment. The plan was heavily criticised by environmentalists for being too vague and for lacking appropriate policy initiatives to ensure a large enough reduction in Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions.
Friends of the Irish Environment had argued the plan claim was unconstitutional, insofar as it breaches a person's constitutional right to bodily integrity and a clean environment and that it also breaches the European Convention on Human Rights by not protecting the environment. 'We may have lost our case but we haven't lost hope’ – a member of the group which challenged the Government's 2017 National Climate Change Mitigation Plan speaks outside the Four Courts | Read more: https://t.co/LbbpPR774v pic.twitter.com/xhD4Xj269Z
Shame on the government for failing to protect our people from harm. So sick of ignorance and greed
Climate Change is a Western Fantasy