Welcome to Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Change webpages. Human-induced climate change is a global issue and is the primary environmental challenge of this century. Increased levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide act to enhance the natural greenhouse effect and accelerate irreversible changes in the climate.
What is distinctive about the current period of global warming, compared to previous cycles of climate change, is the extent and rate of change, which exceeds natural variation. The impacts of climate change present very serious global risks and threaten the basic components of life, including health, access to water, food production and the use of land. As the earth gets warmer the damage from climate change will accelerate.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aims to be a leader in the climate change debate in Ireland and to be the first port of call for information on climate change. We hope that the information we provide on these webpages will keep you informed on the latest news, research and events in the climate change area not only in Ireland but internationally.
The Climate Change Programme in the EPA encompasses numerous responsibilities including:
To read an overview of the EPA's work in the climate change area, and the challenges that Ireland faces, download The EPA and Climate Change In addition, the following pages may be useful in providing a better understanding of climate change:
What is Climate Change ?
Frequently asked questions on Climate Change ?
EPA Climate Change Unit - Social Media Channels
The Climate Change Unit has uploaded several videos to the EPA's YouTube Channel. See http://www.youtube.com/epaireland
For presentations from the EPA's Climate Change Conference 2010, see http://www.slideshare.net/EPAIreland. Additional presentations will be uploaded as they become available.
For short, timely updates on the work of the Climate Change unit, and notification when additional content is added to our YouTube or SlideShare channels, you can follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/epaclimatenews
