16 April 2021 The revised Climate Bill must be amended if it is to deliver on the Programme for Government’s commitments, a letter from experts to party leaders has warned. Andrew Jackson of the Sutherland School of Law at UCD, Barry McMullin at the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Read more…
26 March 2021 At long last, the revised Climate Bill was finally published this week. We’ve been following it since its original release back in October 2020, and kept our eye on it all the way through its pre-legislative scrutiny. In December, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action issued Read more…
23 March 2021 A climate neutral Ireland by mid-century is legally binding in the newest draft of the Climate Bill. The revised Bill was approved by Cabinet and published today, and according to the Department of Climate Action, provides the framework for Ireland to meet international and EU climate commitments. 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…
18 December 2020 The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action has published their recommendations to substantially strengthen the Climate Bill across the board following weeks of expert testimony. Totalling at 78 amendments, the cross-party Committee is calling for numerous actions, including the banning of imported fracked gas, adaptation measures, stronger Read more…
20 November 2020 If passed as is, the Climate Bill will prove to be fatally weak and will undermine this year’s landmark Supreme Court judgment, Climate Case Ireland have warned. Campaigners behind the historic case against the Irish government said today that the Bill must “urgently be revised” and have Read more…
17 November 2020 The ambition in the recently published Climate Bill must be increased, according to a coalition of over 40 civil society organisations. Stop Climate Chaos published their recommended amendments to the Bill and have additionally urged the Government to close the existing loopholes within the document. The demands Read more…
13 November 2020 There’s been lots of coverage and discussion of the recently introduced Climate Bill as it made its way through the pre-legislative scrutiny. Meanwhile, we found out that Northern Ireland’s Climate Bill is set to go before its parliament and has garnered cross-party support, with a couple of Read more…
3 November 2020 Language of “degrees” and “targets” often alienates people from the climate crisis. Yet, while they might seem abstract, boring, or wonkish, these figures in represent a global struggle for power and justice. Debates about Ireland’s role in this struggle are currently underway, as Ireland’s 2020 Climate Bill Read more…
29 October 2020 Failing to adequately consider biodiversity in the Climate Bill could reduce our ability to respond to future climate shocks, the Committee on Climate Action has heard. Professor of Zoology Yvonne Buckley at Trinity College Dublin issued the warning in today’s pre-legislative scrutiny and noted that such shocks Read more…
