greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and to achieve net carbon neutrality no later than 2050 . Building on earlier commitments under the Climate Action Plan 2019, this will make Ireland’s climate action agenda one of the most ambitious worldwide. Ireland has already committed to a long-term trajectory of annual increases in the carbon tax rate leading to a rate of €100 per ton in 2030. Budget 2021 has increased the rate by €7.50 to €33.50 as an important first step towards making carbon pricing more effective and places Ireland above the EU average ( Figure 1 ) 3 and
technologies; and (iii) providing training and facilitating access to finance to female entrepreneurs under the ERF-2. The PER, with its focus on increasing the targeting and cost-effectiveness of social spending, especially in health and education sectors, will help ensure human capital investments is sustained and human development priorities under Rwanda’s National Strategy for Transformation (NST) remain on track while also supporting the fiscal consolidation. PS ¶ 31–32 28. Authorities’ ambitious climate action agenda will lay the foundations for more resilient