July 22nd, 2016 Irish Environmental organisations have expressed their dismay at the carbon reduction targets for 2030, which were published by the European Commission on Wednesday, saying that they are not sufficient to meet the objectives of last year’s United Nations agreement in Paris. The new targets require Ireland to Read more…
5th of July, 2016 The World Health Organisation (WHO) have published a report during the first trimester of 2016, revealing that 80% of the world cities have failed to reach the WHO’s advised safe levels of air quality. It showed that in Ireland and Britain 11 regions breached the safe Read more…
March 24th, 2016 A group of 100 environmental, health and social NGOs from across Europe have come together to call for a review of the E.U.’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Among them are three Irish NGOs: An Taisce, Coastwatch and the Sustainable Water Network (SWAN). The purpose of the CAP is Read more…
