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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Thursday, October 3, 2024
CHAIR’S STATEMENT: Chair's Statement on the publication of the Environmental Protection Agency's State of the Environment Report 2024
The Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council welcomes the publication today (3rd October 2024) of the EPA’s State of the Environment Report 2024. This broad ranging report, the eighth of its kind, developed by the EPA, provides important analysis and insights on the current status of climate change and other environmental pressures. It also highlights the longer-term outlook of what is required to protect and manage the environment.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Annual Review 2024 - Preparing for Ireland's Changing Climate
The Climate Change Advisory Council’s Annual Review of adaptation and resilience, highlights how climate change is no longer solely a future problem, it is already adversely impacting society.
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Review 2024 - Agriculture and Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry
The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that Government needs to urgently support and incentivise the rapid uptake of cost-effective farming measures to reduce agricultural missions. This recommendation is included within the Council’s annual review of Agriculture and Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector which was published today.
Read MoreAdverse 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.
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
Marie Donnelly launches Climate Change Advisory Council's Annual Review 2023
Marie Donnelly, Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council launched the Annual Review 2023 on the 25th July. In it's review, the Council said that 2023 is a critical year for the delivery of Ireland’s national climate action and that we must see emissions fall consistently if we are to meet our national and EU legal obligations in full and on time.
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