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.
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.
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
Latest CCAC News
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Opening statement to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Opening statement to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Regarding the Review of the National Planning Framework and Climate Targets
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: Climate Change Advisory Council's Annual Review 2023
The Council, which published its Annual Review today, warned that at the current rate of policy implementation, Ireland will not meet the targets set in the first and second carbon budget periods unless urgent action is taken immediately and emissions begin to fall much more rapidly.
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Friday, July 14, 2023
CHAIR’S STATEMENT: Ireland’s Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2022
The Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council, Ms. Marie Donnelly, has reacted to the Environmental Protection Agency's publication of Ireland's Provisions Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2022.
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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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