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A closer look: the Climate Change Performance Index

12 November 2021  It’s a big day at COP26 in Glasgow as we all know – the second draft of the final text is out and who knows how long the negotiations will go on for.  But we wanted to take a quick break from our usual programming for the Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsNovember 12, 2021 ago
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Ireland’s poor climate action performance continues

7 December 2020  While seeing a marginal improvement in its ranking, Ireland remains a low performer in the newest international climate rankings published today.  The 2021 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) found Ireland to be in 39th place in climate mitigation efforts, up two places from last year’s 41st position.  Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 3 yearsDecember 7, 2020 ago
Leo Varadkar at Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012 Photo:
Climate Change

Taoiseach’s criticism of NGO climate report ‘falls short’

December 13th, 2018 The Taoiseach’s criticism of a well-established NGO report that puts Ireland as Europe’s worst-performing country on climate action has been rebuffed by one of its lead authors. On Wednesday, Leo Varadkar was asked by the Green Party’s Catherine Martin about the “embarrassing, disgraceful and shameful”  position of Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 5 yearsDecember 13, 2018 ago
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Ireland worst in Europe on climate for second year running

December 10th, 2018 Ireland has been singled out as the worst performing country in Europe for taking concrete action to tackle climate change for the second year in a row. The 2019 Climate Change Performance Index indicates that Ireland has continued along the same climate action trajectory over the past Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 5 yearsDecember 10, 2018 ago
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