Redesigning Ireland’s Transport for Net Zero
Towards Systems that Work for People and the Planet
Current mobility patterns in Ireland are incompatible with the country’s target to
halve emissions in the transport sector by 2030. While important, electrification
and fuel efficiency improvements in vehicles are insufficient to meet Ireland’s ambitious
target: large behavioural change in the direction of sustainable modes and travel
reductions are needed. Such changes will only be possible if policies can shift Irish
transport systems away from car dependency. Building on the OECD process “Systems
Innovation for Net Zero” and extensive consultation with Irish stakeholders, this
report assesses the potential of implemented and planned Irish policies to transform
car-dependent systems. It identifies transformative policies that can help Ireland
transition to sustainable transport systems that work for people and the planet. It
also provides recommendations to scale up such transformative policies and refocus
the electrification strategy so that it fosters, rather than hinders, transformational
change.
Published on October 05, 2022