Accessibility Statement

The Climate Change Advisory Council is committed to making this website accessible in accordance with European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020 - S.I. No. 358/2020 and to ensuring this website is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability.

This accessibility statement applies to www.climatecouncil.ie.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the harmonised European standard Accessibility Requirements for ICT Products and Services (PDF 1.9MB) (based on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1) due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the harmonised European standard

• Some images have missing or incomplete descriptions.
• Some links may cause documents to download without notice.
• Some PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen readers.
• Some office file formats (e.g. Microsoft Word) published after 23 September 2018 are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
• Some videos published after 23 September 2020 are not accessible.

Content not within scope of the legislation

• PDFs, Microsoft Word Documents or any other office file formats published before 23 September 2018. This is unless you need such content for an active administrative process relating to a task performed by the Climate Change Advisory Council.
• Video, audio or any other pre-recorded time-based media published before 23 September 2020.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was last reviewed and updated on 21 July 2023.

This website was tested for compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) Level-AA in July 2023. The test was carried out by the communication team of the Climate Change Advisory Council.

The communication team used the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) approach to decide on a sample of pages to test.

Contact information

Contact us if you need access to information in an accessible format.

If you are dissatisfied about how we respond to your request, you may also submit a complaint.

Enforcement procedure

If you are dissatisfied about how we respond to your request or complaint, you can complain to the Office of the Ombudsman under the terms of the Disability Act 2005.

Office of the Ombudsman
6 Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 2
D02 W773

Tel: +353 (0)1 639 5600
Email: complaints@ombudsman.ie
Web: www.ombudsman.ie/disability-act/make-a-complaint