The Climate Change Advisory Council
An Chomhairle Chomhairleach um Athrú Aeráide
The Climate Change Advisory Council
An Chomhairle Chomhairleach um Athrú Aeráide
The Climate Change Advisory Council is an independent advisory body providing evidence-based advice and recommendations on policy to support Ireland's just transition to a biodiversity rich, environmentally sustainable, climate neutral and resilient society.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Annual Review 2024 - Cross Sectoral Review
The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that while the fall in emissions last year has brought Ireland closer to achieving its first carbon budget, the lack of significant progress makes it unlikely that Ireland will meet its second carbon budget in the period 2026 – 2030.The Council launched the final chapter of its Annual Review today which assesses both Ireland’s current and projected emissions and provides urgent cross sectoral recommendations which need to be implemented now.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
CHAIR’S STATEMENT: Q1 2024 Quarterly Emissions Indicator Report
The new quarterly emissions indicator report published today is a welcome addition to the suite of EPA outputs on Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions and provides a timely insight into how emissions are changing in 2024.
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Friday, October 11, 2024
Annual Review 2024 - Biodiversity
The Climate Change Advisory Council’s Annual Review of Biodiversity says that greater focus is needed on biodiversity conservation and restoration in the fight against climate change. Council says that funding and action on biodiversity conservation and restoration is totally inadequate and underestimates the role of biodiversity in limiting both climate change impacts and the grave risk that ecosystem collapse poses to Ireland’s food security, health and well-being and economic development
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Publications, Submissions & Correspondence
The Council has a wide-ranging work programme that provides continuous input to and assessment of national climate change initiatives. The Council produces a range of publications to support and communicate this work including:
- Annual reviews
- Periodic reviews
- Carbon Budgets proposals
- Seminar presentations
- Working papers
- Correspondence and other publications
Adverse impacts from human-caused climate change will continue to intensify
The extent to which current and future generations will experience a hotter and different world depends on choices now and in the near-term
Figure SPM.1 Panel (c) in IPCC, 2023: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, H. Lee and J. Romero (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 1-34, doi: 10.59327/IPCC/AR6-9789291691647.001
Reproduced with permission from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Marie Donnelly launches Climate Change Advisory Council's Annual Review 2024.
Marie Donnelly, Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council has launched the Annual Review 2024.
She said "We have the opportunity, now, to transform our society to a modern, climate resilient, biodiversity rich, environmentally sustainable and climate neutral economy or else pay the price of not meeting our commitments which will take crucial funds away from essential services. It is better to make the investments now for households, communities and businesses, rather than paying a large fine in a few years."
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