October 1st, 2017 The government has failed to take concrete action on climate change for over a decade and may face billions of euros in fines, the Citizens’ Assembly has heard. The Assembly sat yesterday for the first time on the topic of how the Irish State can lead in Read more…
August 15th, 2017 The Citizens’ Assembly has received over 1,200 submissions from the public, as well as environmental and civil society coalitions, farming groups and politicians ahead of its session on tackling climate change. Submission for the topic – ‘How the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change’ Read more…
August 12th, 2017 Climate change is unequivocally one of the most pressing international concerns of our time. It comes then as no surprise that the Citizens’ Assembly will next examine the question: How the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change. The task of trying to answer Read more…
August 11th, 2017 The Citizens’ Assembly can help turn Ireland from climate laggard to leader by calling for a referendum to give a constitutional right to environmental protection, says the country’s leading environmental coalition. The Environmental Pillar – a coalition of 26 national environmental organisations – outlined its view in Read more…
August 11th, 2017 Zero Waste Festival Ireland will hold a week-long festival in September, following the success of its first festival earlier this summer. The festival – Zero Waste Week – will take place in Dublin from September 4th-10th, and will offer a wide range of events and activities. Events Read more…
August 4th, 2017 The Port of Cork Company has signed an agreement to explore the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US fracking industry. The Green Party has accused the Irish Government of backtracking on environmental commitments for allowing the deal to go ahead. The Greens said that Read more…
July 26th, 2017 The Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) has warned that Ireland’s near certain failure to meet our 2020 emissions targets will impact on our longer term decarbonisation plans. In its first major report released today, the Council states that Ireland is “unlikely” to meet its 2020 emissions target Read more…
June 8th, 2017 Today marks World Ocean Day 2017, a global day of celebration honouring the world’s oceans and an opportunity to appreciate, conserve and protect our marine life and habitats. This year’s conservation focus is on preventing plastic pollution and marine litter, encouraging solutions for healthier seas. And rightly Read more…
May 16th, 2017 Ireland ranks as one of the world’s most underperforming countries in wildlife conservation for megafauna species, a new Oxford University study reveals. Ireland ranked among 28 major under-performing countries out of a total of 152 countries analysed in the ‘megafauna conservation index’ (MCI). The study by Oxford’s Read more…
22nd March 2017 This year Earth Hour is celebrating its 10th anniversary. It will see people all around the globe simultaneously taking action against climate change. Earth Hour is not a single event, but a movement. For this hour every year, people from all over the globe take action to make Read more…
