The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, as amended (the Climate Act), requires the making of a National Adaptation Framework (NAF) by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. I n accordance with the 2015 Act, this National Adaptation Framework specifies...More
The 2030 Agenda encourages countries to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into planning and policy, on both a national and international level. As a whole-of-government initiative overseen by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, each Minister has...More
The next ten years are critical if we are to address the climate and biodiversity crisis which threatens our safe future on this planet. The Programme for Government commits to an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030 (a 51% reduction over the...More
The Climate Action Plan is Ireland’s roadmap to becoming a climate neutral economy and resilient society by 2050 (see the 2019 Climate Action Plan ). This means that the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere is dramatically reduced and is balanced by the amount removed by...More