Ireland's State of Environment Report 2024 presents the most recent evaluation of Ireland’s environment – our air, waters, soil, biodiversity - and how our society impacts on it. It also provides an update on the environmental challenges that we face, nationally and globally.
The EPA produces state of the environment reports on a four-yearly cycle in support of action to protect and manage the environment. These reports provide timely information and knowledge to the public, policy-makers and key economic sectors. Ireland's State of Environment Report 2024 is the EPA's eighth report in the series.
Divided across 17 chapters, Ireland's State of Environment Report 2024 provides thematic assessments in Part 1, focusing on trends, challenges and actions for air, climate change, noise, water, marine, nature, land use and soil. Part 2 provides detailed integrated assessments of key economic sectors: transport, energy, agriculture, industry and the circular economy and of the interactions between human health and the environment. Part 3 provides an in-depth assessment of Ireland's performance in the area of environmental policy implementation and includes an Environmental Scorecard for Ireland across five key environmental themes: Climate, Air Quality, Nature, Water and Waste.
Access the 2024 report and resources in this section:
View Ireland's State of Environment 2024 report in full
Read the 2024 report's Foreword
Read the 2024 report's Executive Summary
Read the 2024 report's Key Messages
Scan the 2024 report table of contents
Explore the 2024 report chapter by chapter:
| Chapter 1 | Introduction (pdf) |
|---|---|
| Chapter 2 | Air (pdf) |
| Chapter 3 | Environmental noise (pdf) |
| Chapter 4 | Climate change (pdf) |
| Chapter 5 | Land (pdf) |
| Chapter 6 | Soil (pdf) |
| Chapter 7 | Nature (pdf) |
| Chapter 8 | Water (pdf) |
| Chapter 9 | The Marine environment (pdf) |
| Chapter 10 | Environment and agriculture (pdf) |
| Chapter 11 | Environment and transport (pdf) |
| Chapter 12 | Environment and energy (pdf) |
| Chapter 13 | Environment and industry (pdf) |
| Chapter 14 | Environment, health and wellbeing (pdf) |
| Chapter 15 | Circular economy and waste (pdf) |
| Chapter 16 | Environmental policy, implementation and performance (pdf) |
| Chapter 17 | Conclusions (pdf) |
Previous reports in the state of Ireland's environment series
Additional resources:
Learn about Europe's environment on the European Environment Agency's website
Learn about the European Green Deal – the plan to make the EU's economy sustainable and climate neutral by 2050
Read about the EU Environment Action Programme to 2030 (8th EAP) - the programme to guide European environmental policy until 2030
