In May earlier this year, within the walls of Dublin Castle, a very special meeting took place. Chaired by Dr. Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, 99 Irish Citizens gathered to learn about biodiversity loss in Ireland, and what can be done to stop it. This was the first meeting of Ireland’s Citizens’ Read more…
September 5th, 2018 It is now up to the state and its organs to put Ireland at the forefront of tackling climate change, the Chair of the Citizens’ Assembly said today. Justice Mary Laffoy was speaking before a new Special Joint Committee of 16 deputies and six senators that will Read more…
June 26th, 2018 Dublin City University has secured funding for two scholarships for its new master’s degree examining climate change in policy, media, and society. Two successful recipients will receive full fee support, together with a stipend to assist with expenses and living costs. The closing date for expressions of Read more…
February 1st, 2018 Higher temperatures as a result of climate change are decimating the population of male green sea turtles, according to a new report in Current Biology. The report published last month revealed that up to 99 per cent of green sea turtles born in certain Australian nesting beaches Read more…
December 13th, 2017 A landmark legal challenge brought against the Irish Government for alleged inaction to tackle climate change has been pushed back until the end of January 2018 at the request of the State. The case brought by environmental group Friends of the Irish Environment was due to first Read more…
November 7th, 2017 The first two weeks in November may well prove to be important for global and Irish efforts to tackle climate change. On the international stage, we saw the publication of the US Global Change Research Program Climate Science Special Report and widespread media coverage of the latest Read more…
November 6th, 2017 The outcome of the Citizen’s Assembly must act as a “clarion call” for the government to step up action to tackle climate change, a coalition of civil society and environmental NGOs has said. After two weekends of deliberation, the Citizens’ Assembly voted in favour of 13 recommendations Read more…
November 5th, 2017 The Citizens’ Assembly voted this afternoon in favour of a radical overhaul in how the Irish State tackles climate change. Following two weekends of deliberation, the Assembly voted for recommendations such as the establishment of a carbon tax on agricultural emissions, the phasing out of peat subsidies and Read more…
November 5th, 2017 The Citizens Assembly is set to make recommendations on how Ireland can lead in tackling climate change at the fourth and final session on the topic today. The Assembly is sitting for the second weekend in Malahide, Co Dublin on the issue of climate change, yesterday hearing Read more…
November 4th, 2017 Taking the bold step of extending a carbon tax to agriculture will make Ireland a genuine climate leader, Ireland’s leading agricultural policy analyst told the Citizens Assembly today. The Assembly is sitting for the second weekend on the topic of how the Irish State can take a Read more…