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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Monday, September 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Review 2025 - Preparing for Ireland's Changing Climate
The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that there has not yet been enough tangible action undertaken to address the significant shortcomings exposed by Storms Darragh and Éowyn and has called on Government to prioritise actions that will have the most impact in advance of the storm season.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Review 2025 - Built Environment, Industry and Waste
The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that Government must address rising emissions in the built environment and provide wider supports for heat pump and solar PV adoption.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Review 2025 - Agriculture and Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry
The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that urgent action and strengthened policy levers are required to incentivise increased tree planting to ensure Ireland’s forestry sector does not become a source of greenhouse gas emissions.
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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.