9 March 2021 Food systems accounted for 34 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions in 2015, according to a new study. 71 per cent of these emissions came from agriculture and associated land use and land-use change activities (LULUC), which include deforestation and land degradation. The study published yesterday Read more…
8 March 2021 Campaigners have warned that the delay in publishing the landmark Climate Bill could signal a late effort to “water it down”. Friends of the Earth Ireland said that any talk of the Bill appearing before St Patrick’s Day has stopped, despite the fact that Minister for Climate Read more…
3 March 2021 Maybe you missed it, but late last month the Department of the Environment launched a public consultation on solid fuels. As it stands, burning smoky coal is banned in cities and towns with populations of over 10,000 across the country, and the Programme for Government committed to Read more…
CETA has been consistently in the news ever since campaigners called to postpone voting on its investors’ protection element back in December 2020. But we wanted to dig deeper on the issue – so a while back we chatted to Independent Senator Alice-Mary Higgins to help us do just that. Read more…
23 February 2021 Relying on electric vehicles to meet newly ramped up emissions reductions is a “risky and potentially costly gamble”, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action heard today. Tadhg O’Mahony of the Finland Futures Research Centre relayed his opinion to the Committee who met today to discuss transport’s Read more…
19 February 2021 It seems like microgeneration is having a bit of a moment. A new scheme for it was announced back in January, and it should see individuals and communities being able to sell their own excess renewable electricity into the national grid by July this year, according to Read more…
18 February 2021 Two pilot projects on community-based climate action transitions have officially launched today. Developed by the Think-tank for Action on Social Change (TASC) and supported by Allied Irish Bank (AIB), the People’s Transition pilot projects will take place in Phibsborough in Dublin and Ardara in County Donegal over Read more…
16 February 2021 The current National Biodiversity Plan has failed to stem the loss of nature in Ireland, a new report has warned. The National Biodiversity Forum delivered their assessment in a report to Minister of State Malcolm Noonan today and urged the government to radically step up its efforts Read more…
12 February 2021 The vast majority of the country believes that the environment is a valuable asset, according to a new survey. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today published its 2020 Year in Review report, coupled with a poll measuring attitudes towards the environment. The survey found that 89 per Read more…
12 February 2021 Fossil fuel subsidies. You’ve probably heard about them on podcasts, through catching up with the news or at climate events. But what do they look like here in Ireland, and how do they take shape? Last week Social Justice Ireland published a blog post on just that Read more…
