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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Friday, November 14, 2025
Climate Change Advisory Council Membership - Expressions of Interest
The Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced persons for appointment as a member of the Climate Change Advisory Council.
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Thursday, November 13, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Review 2025 - Cross Sectoral
Climate Change Advisory Council calls for faster action. Ireland has failed to achieve the targeted emission reductions during the first Carbon Budget period (2021-2025).
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Funding Climate Adaptation in Ireland
This joint report by the Central Bank of Ireland and the Climate Change Advisory Council sets out the need to increase adaptation investment and finance in Ireland. It identifies the barriers to increasing climate adaptation investment and proposes actionable solutions to address these challenges.
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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.