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Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Ireland decreased 6.8% in 2023. Learn more

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Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment (ICCA)

A state-of-the-art assessment of the current understanding of climate change

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Climate Opinion Maps

The EPA Climate Change in the Irish Mind Climate Opinion Maps, produced in partnership with the Yale Programme on Climate Communication show how climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and policy support vary at the county and regional levels.

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Climate Change in the Irish Mind Open Data

The EPA Climate Change in the Irish Mind wave-1 Open Dataset is available for non-commercial purposes only.

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The EPA's Role in addressing climate change

The EPA’s role in addressing climate change challenges includes collating national greenhouse gas emissions and projections; regulating emissions from industrial sectors; supporting climate science research; supporting behavioural change and facilitating the National Dialogue on Climate Action.

 

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Latest publications in Climate Change

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Climate Change's Four Irelands:

Climate Change in the Irish Mind, Wave 2, Report 2

This report provides an updated overview of the Irish audiences for climate change informatin. Exploring beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours regarding climate change in the second wave of the Climate Change in the Irish Mind study.

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Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report 2024 Quarter 1

The EPA has launched a new series of quarterly greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland to support more frequent monitoring of national and sectoral progress on climate action. The series will complement the national greenhouse gas inventory and projections prepared annually by the EPA.

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Climate Change in the Irish Mind

Climate Change in the Irish Mind, Wave 2, Report 1

This report provides an updated overview of the Irish public’s beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours regarding climate change in the second wave of the Climate Change in the Irish Mind study.

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Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2023-2050

This report outlines Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2023-2050, published May 2024

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Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment Synthesis Report

The Synthesis Report acts as a concise summary of the most important science on climate change presented in the underlying volumes. Selected findings that are deemed of the highest policy and societal relevance from each underlying volume are integrated into the report. The synthesis report highlights the underlying volumes details, where the interested reader can discover further information.

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Public support for climate action remains high across Ireland

Date released: November 05, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today released that show national, regional, and county-level data about people’s climate change beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours. This is the third output from Wave 2 of the study, undertaken in 2023 by the EPA and the Yale University Program on Climate Change Communication in support of the National Dialogue on Climate Action.

EPA launches new Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Ireland which show greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 2.2 per cent in Quarter 1 2024

Date released: October 21, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today published quarterly greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland for Quarter 1 2024. This is a new series of quarterly greenhouse gas emission indicators which will support early and more frequent monitoring of progress on climate action.

One third of Irish people are alarmed about climate change. EPA publishes ‘Climate Change’s Four Irelands’ Audience Segmentation Analysis

Date released: July 30, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today published Climate Change’s Four Irelands’ an audience segmentation analysis of the Irish population. The report identifies four audiences within the Irish public who share similar sets of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours relating to climate change.

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