Ireland ranks 8th out of 14 comparable EU countries in this year’s Sustainable Progress Index. The index comprises three dimensions: economy, society and environment. Ireland is ranked 9th out of…
How can we measure the value of the services that nature provides us, many of which we take for granted? Water, air, soil, trees, peatland, woodlands are among the services that nature provides us…
‘Environmental Indicators Ireland 2023’ published by the CSO gives a snapshot of how Ireland is -performing over 10 themes including Greenhouse Gases, Air, Water, Land Use, Energy and Biodiversity. …
In 2022 an estimated 40 million people, 9.3% of Europeans, were unable to keep their homes adequately warm, compared to 6.9% in 2021. The European Commission recently published a series of…
Our 2023 Annual Social Policy Conference was on the theme of 'A Just Transition'. The fundamental principle of a Just Transition is to leave no people, communities, economic sectors or regions behind…
Investment in renewable energy and retrofitting on the scale required to meet our national climate ambition and maintain energy security requires large scale investment in infrastructure. The issues…
The fundamental principle of a Just Transition is to leave no people, communities, economic sectors or regions behind as we transition to a low carbon future. Such a transition means changing how we…
How we adapt and mitigate to climate change now will in large part determine the type of world in which future generations will live. When adapting to meet this challenge, we must also grasp the…
Social Justice Ireland's Annual Policy Conference, beginning at 9.30am today, will address the topic 'A Just Transition". The fundamental principle of a Just Transition is to leave no people…
The latest Central Statistics Office data on Fossil Fuel Subsidies shows that these subsidies were estimated at €2.9 billion in 2021, a 16 per cent increase on 2020 when fossil fuel subsidies were €2…