Wednesday, March 19, 2025

The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that Ireland must be much better prepared for the next major weather event, with improved monitoring of climate events and their impacts required to radically improve preparedness for and our ability to respond to rapidly emerging extreme weather events.

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

The Fiscal Council and Climate Change Advisory Council issued this joint press release and report, which sets out potential costs for Ireland from missing agreed EU targets.

Friday, December 13, 2024

The second quarterly emissions indicator report published today provides a useful insight into how emissions are changing in 2024. Unfortunately, the figures reinforce recent messages from other reports that it is increasingly unlikely that the necessary levels of reductions are being achieved to put Ireland on a pathway to climate neutrality.

Thursday, December 12, 2024

The Climate Change Advisory Council’s proposed Carbon Budgets to 2040 set out overall indicative emission reductions of 67%. This requires an annual reduction of at least 6.3% on average year on year to 2040.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

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.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

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.