July 6th, 2017 With the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill subject to pre-legislative scrutiny in the Dáil last week, Lia Flattery looks back at the success of the student divestment movement in Ireland and the role it played in making divestment a national issue. In recent years, there has been growing Read more…
26th April 2017 The Government’s long overdue draft National Mitigation Plan is almost wholly inadequate to meet the climate challenges ahead, according to Ireland’s leading environmental organisations. The Environmental Pillar, together with Stop Climate Chaos, has outlined its findings on the draft Plan in a submission sent as part of Read more…
January 27th 2017 In a move being hailed as ‘historic’ and a ‘significant win’ Ireland may soon become the world’s first country to fully divest from all fossil fuels. Yesterday the Government was defeated as the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill passed the second stage 90 votes to 53. Friends of Read more…
November 15, 2016 Stop Climate Chaos Ireland (Facebook, Twitter) have staged an interesting piece of performance art today in front of Dáil Éireann. Two ice-sculpture busts of Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister Denis Naughten are melting on this relatively warm November day in Dublin. The somewhat caricatured faces of the Read more…
October 17th, 2016 For World Food Day 2016 we are being asked to reflect on the impact of climate change on food production. It is worth taking stock of the impact Irish agriculture is having on climate change, biodiversity, and food security. World Food Day 2016 theme is : “Climate Read more…
Environmental groups and development charities have slammed the lack of government action on climate change calling it Ireland’s “singular failure to act”. Ahead of the Environment Ireland conference this week, the Stop Climate Chaos coalition highlighted the stark inaction of successive Irish governments which has put the country on the path to missing its climate targets.
The Irish government need to stop pleading we are a special case in relation to climate change and start doing what is needed, experts told an Oireachtas Committee this week. Members of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition this week spoke to the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline what the Paris deal means for Ireland.
