April 19th, 2019 Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists brought traffic to a standstill in the centre of Dublin today to bring attention to “criminal inaction” from policymakers on the climate and ecological emergency. Activists gathered under the Spire on O’Connell Street at lunchtime today to hear from speakers including Fergal Read more…
April 16th, 2019 The Committee on Climate Action has officially launched its landmark report that the committee’s chairperson says “marks a new era for climate policy in Ireland”. Speaking this afternoon, Hildegarde Naughton TD said that the 40-plus topline recommendations in the ambitious report will “frame climate policy in Ireland Read more…
April 10th, 2019 Young citizens on the frontline of climate activism took center stage at an event in the capital yesterday evening to tell MEP candidates what needs to be done to tackle the crisis of their generation. The Loud & Clear! Youth views on Climate event at the European Read more…
April 3rd, 2019 Environmental activists will formally set-up a Dublin branch of Extinction Rebellion at an event in the capital tomorrow evening. The Extinction Rebellion Dublin group will meet at Third Space Cafe in Smithfield tomorrow evening to cement the group’s status as one of many branches of the movement Read more…
April 2nd, 2019 A new climate action resource for teachers is now available to all post-primary schools across the country. The downloadable resource launched by the Green Schools programme contains a range of lesson plans, presentations, surveys and data on climate change and action. The Minister for Climate Action Read more…
March 29th, 2019 Numerous natural disasters affecting 62 million people worldwide were triggered by climate change in 2018, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has revealed. The international body’s State of the Global Climate report has confirmed that most floods, displacements and various environmental hazards were caused by climate change last Read more…
March 28th, 2019 The Dáil voted this afternoon to allow a proposed Bill to limit future oil and gas exploration to move forward in the legislative process. The Climate Emergency Measures Bill raised by People Before Profit will now proceed to select committee stage. The Bill seeks to amend the Read more…
March 28th, 2019 Students today told the Climate Action Committee to push the Government to stop taking baby steps and to take lasting climate action to secure a safe future for generations to come. The Committee is set to release its report that outlines over 40 ambitious recommendations on key Read more…
March 27th, 2019 Members of the special Climate Action Committee voted this evening to accept almost 40 key policy recommendations to be included in its impending report. The Committee met this evening in public session to air out any kinks remaining in its widely ambitious recommendations that will form the Read more…
March 26th, 2019 Fine Gael has withdrawn an amendment that would have weakened a key emissions reduction target set to be included in the Committee on Climate Action report due out later this week. The report will lay out the Committee’s recommendations on key policy moves that the State needs Read more…
