Electricity consumption by data centres has increased by 144% between 2015 and 2020. This is according to the most recent data from the CSO on the metred electricity consumption of data centres. …
The Climate Change Advisory Council’s Annual Review 2021 is a challenging read. The review considers progress of our national climate aims in 2020 through climate change mitigation and adaptation,…
Problems for tenants with the high cost of accommodation as a proportion of their income and arrears on mortgage, rent and utility bills are an indication of the continued social and economic impact…
On Wednesday, 17th November 2021, Social Justice Ireland held our Annual Social Policy Conference. This year's Conference was on the theme 'Social Rights for All? Delivering the European…
The UN Climate Change Conference, COP26 comes to a close this week. However, for those involved in achieving the climate action goals of COP26, the work continues.Communities are working together to…
Budget 2022 allocated €1.044bn to Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme; an increase of €140m overall including an increase of €33.9m in the allocation from the Department of…
This week, the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference is taking place in Glasgow. This is a summit that will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the…
While Budget 2022 contains some welcome measures on the environment it could have been more ambitious in implementing the policies and reforms required to meet our climate targets.Social Justice…
Like the recent Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the findings of the United in Science 2021 report are stark. Rising global temperatures are fuelling…
At the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference, held in Copenhagen, developed countries promised to provide $30 billion for the period 2010-2012, and to mobilize long-term finance of a further $100 billion…