Council Paper Working Series
The following working papers help inform Council discussions and may not reflect the views of the Council. Authors are solely responsible for their content and any views expressed therein.
This small-scale study identifies the current and emerging best practice nature-based solutions within Ireland. It pinpoints innovative nature-based solutions and initiatives that are actively contributing to climate adaptation or mitigation and provides a compendium of nature-based solutions in an Irish context.
This study reviews approaches to setting carbon budgets in other jurisdictions to support the development of the second programme of carbon budgets by the Climate Change Advisory Council. The study reviews and describe approaches in Ireland, the UK, New Zealand, the Netherlands, France, Finland, and Denmark and also the EU approach to setting targets and trajectories where relevant, with a particular focus on approaches and lessons which could be applied in an Irish context.
The aim of this study is to evaluate some of the trade-offs involved if policies to reduce GHG emissions in Ireland led to reduced production of livestock and livestock products, particularly dairy production.
This report summarizes the work and key findings of the Carbon Budget Fellowship held by Andrew ZP Smith. The Fellowship ran for two years from early 2021, and was based in the Energy Policy & Modelling Group of University College Cork.
This report surveys potential policy measures to support sustainable growth in solar PV that have recently been implemented or proposed in other jurisdictions. These measures can be assessed to determine their relevance to Ireland.
The aim of this small-scale study is to conduct a short literature review and a preliminary scoping exercise to identify data collection requirements to inform strategies for sustainable practices at farm level.
This report used a literature review and a series of nine key informant interviews to present a short summary of research priorities, and research funding structures in both Ireland and Europe.
This research offers a framework to identify the key normative and quantitative choices required for any national such national Paris Test (PT) and applies it to enable a reassessment of Ireland’s initial PT to identify necessary clarifications and potential quantitative adjustments.
This report conducts a desk-based analysis of the residential sector between Ireland and a purposive selection of several comparable European economies. The report focuses on three main strands: (1) Profiling the energy efficiency of the residential building stock, (2) identifying residential energy efficiency policies and (3) exploring evidence on policy effectiveness and opportunities for further progress. The review encompassed policy and academic literature.
Planning Policy and Decarbonisation
Reviewing Local Authority Renewable Energy Strategies’ contribution to Ireland’s 2030 Renewable Electricity Targets
Analysis on reform of Fossil Fuel Subsidies 2022
Hydrogen in Ireland Discussion Paper
Designing policy for sustainable technology
Well informed adaptation decision making under uncertainty
Opportunities for individual, household and community level climate change adaptation in Ireland
Detecting and avoiding impasse mechanisms for nature-based approaches to climate change adaptation in Ireland
ReHeat: Review of the Irish Heat Sector - Policies, Technologies, and Best Practice
Transitioning to low carbon and sustainable mobility
Designing and Implementing Policy for a Just Transition
Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities for Irish Cities
Climate Change Mitigation and the Irish Agriculture and Land Use Sector
Carbon Price Floor in Ireland
The Impact of a Carbon Price Floor on European Electricity Markets
Understanding the Driving Forces of Carbon Emissions in Ireland
Assessment of the Climate Impact of Ireland’s Emissions and Simple Future Emissions Scenarios