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The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten T.D., has today published a briefing document on Ireland’s first National Mitigation Plan, a final version of...

Scientific evidence gives Ireland a strong hand to ensure aggressive but achievable climate change targets are set for Ireland. But any move towards a decarbonised future demands practical pathways that have people at their centre...

Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government, Alan Kelly has today (Wednesday 20th January, 2016) met with the EU Environment Commissioner Vella in Brussels to brief him on the Irish Government’s response to the recent flooding events in Ireland...

Energy Minister Alex White today published an energy White Paper, which identifies actions that will reduce Ireland’s energy-related carbon emissions by between 80% and 95%...

Minister for Energy Alex White today (Wednesday) published an energy White Paper, which identifies actions that will reduce Ireland’s energy-related carbon emissions by between 80% and 95%, compared to 1990 levels, by 2050...

Alan Kelly, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government today (15 July) warmly welcomed the appointment...

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Joan Burton today welcomed the appointment of former President of Ireland Mary Robinson as United Nations Special Envoy for Climate change....

Publication today (23rd April 2014) of the National Policy Position, together with the final Heads of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Bill, represents another major...

Welcoming the latest report from InterGovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

Minister for Trade and Development, Joe Costello TD, today welcomed a UN report on the impacts of climate change...