9 July 2021 An update on the implementation of the Just Transition programme for the Midlands was published yesterday from the Just Transition Commissioner Kieran Mulveny. Three transition progress reports have already been published, the most recent one being issued in December 2020. The region has received ‘significant State funding’ Read more…
14 October 2020 The newly published Climate Bill faced its first round of pre-legislative scrutiny today before the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action and numerous issues from opposition TDs and Senators were raised. The Bill was issued last week with a number of provisions in it, including a requirement for Read more…
16 September 2020 The allowance for fossil gas subsidies within the EU’s Just Transition Fund will lock-in polluting emissions over the coming decades, a coalition of European NGOs has warned. The European Parliament voted to allow the inclusion yesterday and Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe stressed that it is not Read more…
9 September 2020 Ireland is among four countries set to receive more than 10 per cent of the EU’s Just Transition Fund despite its planned coal-to-gas energy transition, new analysis reveals. Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and Ember published the figure in its “Just Transition or Just Talk” report, a Read more…
February 7th, 2020 As we enter the final day of the election cycle, we are finishing up our series on where the parties stand on climate and biodiversity. Next up, we delve into People Before Profit’s manifesto that is also supported by its partner parties Solidarity and Rise. We also Read more…
December 3rd, 2019 Ireland’s contribution to funding climate projects in developing countries must increase six-fold in order for the State to appropriately pay its way in the global effort to tackle climate breakdown. This is the warning in a new report released this week by Christian Aid Ireland and Trócaire Read more…
November 27th, 2019 Ireland needs a clear and legally robust roadmap to support peatland workers being asked to sacrifice their livelihoods for the good of future generations, the Committee on Climate Action has heard. Speaking at a hearing on the Green’s Just Transition Bill yesterday, Macdara Doyle of the Irish Read more…
September 3rd, 2019 Ireland will fail to achieve a Just Transition if the State continues to provide billions in environmentally harmful tax subsidies, a new report from Social Justice Ireland (SJI) has warned. The National Social Monitor: Sustainability Edition report cites Central Statistics Office (CSO) data that indicates the Government’s annual Read more…
November 8th, 2018 The Green Party has launched a Just Transition Bill to encourage a move to a sustainable, climate-friendly economy “as quickly and as fairly as possible”, the party’s leader said yesterday. The Just Transition concept calls for a swift move away from a fossil fuel economy to a Read more…
November 16th, 2017 It is time for Ireland to step up and stop the exploration for oil and gas in our offshore waters, the Green Party leader said this morning. Speaking at the launch of the party’s Prohibition of Fossil Fuels Bill 2017, Eamon Ryan, TD said that the Government Read more…
