News from the Climate Change Advisory Council
This section has the most up to date news from the Council, including press releases, advice, calls for quotations, opportunities and other current information.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Review 2025 - Electricity
The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that Government and the Regulator must ensure that electricity suppliers offer customers price plans that allow them to save money, change consumption patterns and reduce emissions. Despite legislation being in place requiring this, the Council has said that it is disappointing that the deadline for its delivery has been delayed.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Review 2025 - Our Changing Climate in 2024
The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that Ireland must be much better prepared for the next major weather event, with improved monitoring of climate events and their impacts required to radically improve preparedness for and our ability to respond to rapidly emerging extreme weather events.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
A Colossal Missed Opportunity - Ireland's climate action and the potential costs of missing targets
The Fiscal Council and Climate Change Advisory Council issued this joint press release and report, which sets out potential costs for Ireland from missing agreed EU targets.
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Friday, December 13, 2024
CHAIR'S STATEMENT: Q2 2024 Quarterly Emissions Indicator Report
The second quarterly emissions indicator report published today provides a useful insight into how emissions are changing in 2024. Unfortunately, the figures reinforce recent messages from other reports that it is increasingly unlikely that the necessary levels of reductions are being achieved to put Ireland on a pathway to climate neutrality.
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Thursday, December 12, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Carbon Budget Proposal
The Climate Change Advisory Council’s proposed Carbon Budgets to 2040 set out overall indicative emission reductions of 67%. This requires an annual reduction of at least 6.3% on average year on year to 2040.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Annual Review 2024 - Cross Sectoral Review
The Climate Change Advisory Council has said that while the fall in emissions last year has brought Ireland closer to achieving its first carbon budget, the lack of significant progress makes it unlikely that Ireland will meet its second carbon budget in the period 2026 – 2030.The Council launched the final chapter of its Annual Review today which assesses both Ireland’s current and projected emissions and provides urgent cross sectoral recommendations which need to be implemented now.
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