Major protests, across the globe, spearheaded by the young, taking time off school to join protests, mostly with support from the older generation An Taisce Irish Times here and here
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Major Health Bodies support call for Active Travel to be an integral part of the forthcoming All of Government Climate Action Plan The Irish Heart Foundation, the Irish Cancer Society, Diabetes Ireland, Irish Doctors for the Environment, the Association of Health Promotion Ireland, Professor Donal O’Shea (National Clinical Lead for Obesity and Hon. President of Cyclist.ie), and the Irish Pedestrian Network have signed an open letter … Continue reading Health Bodies Call for Active Travel in Climate Action Plan
The recent IPCC report clearly spells out the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions in order to limit global warming to 1.5°C. To minimise environmental damage and fines arising from the failure to meet Ireland’s climate change targets, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport must adopt much more ambitious climate actions than currently outlined In Ireland’s draft EU mandated National Energy and Climate Plan … Continue reading Submissions to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Politicians and the public are paying attention to climate change like never before. We have the opportunity to make 2019 the year Ireland finally takes climate action seriously. A special all-party Oireachtas committee is considering the far-reaching but practical recommendations from the Citizens’ Assembly and will report at the end of January. The new minister, Richard Bruton, is promising a new all-of-Government climate action plan, … Continue reading Oisín Coghlan: Let’s make 2019 the year we act on climate for a healthier future
Sign up now to Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice on 5 December Worried about climate change? Frustrated by the government’s inaction on active travel and other measures to tackle emissions? Eager to do something to get your TDs to take #ClimateActionNow? Then join the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, on Wednesday 5th December, for Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice. Cyclist.ie, a member of the Stop Climate … Continue reading Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice
Transport accounts for 20% of Ireland’s overall emissions (and 27% of our non-ETS emissions), with 52% of overall transport emissions coming from private cars, 24% from freight, and 4% from public transport. Project Ireland 2040: Investing in the Transition to a Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Society. Decarbonising Ireland’s transport sector needs to become an urgent priority for Government, and agencies such as the NTA. Transport is … Continue reading Briefing on Decarbonising Ireland’s Transport sector
The EPA’s projections, published today (here), reveal the colossal scale of Ireland’s collective political failure to rein in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with our legally binding EU and global commitments. It is quite staggering to consider that instead of achieving the modest initial target of reducing our national GHG emissions by 20% versus 2005 levels, the EPA today confirms that “at best”, we … Continue reading Failure of Government Climate Change Policy
The Citizens’ Assembly has published its report on climate change (Assembly press release here). The report includes the Assembly’s 13 recommendations on ‘how the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change’. These were agreed by the Assembly after four days of expert presentations in 2017 and following a major public consultation which received close to 2000 submissions. The Stop Climate Chaos coalition* is … Continue reading Citizens’ Assembly report a mandate for revolutionising Ireland’s climate policy