You are here: Home > Research & Education > Research > Research Topics > Climate change

Climate change

The Environmental Research Technological Development and Innovation (ERTDI) Programme 2000-2006 prioritised research on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. New projects will be funded under the Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE) Programme 2007-2013.

The aims of this research include

  • to improve understanding of sources and sinks for Greenhouse gases and improve reporting under the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol;
  • to improve understanding of climate change impacts on Ireland and adaptation needs;
  • to contribute to understanding of basic science of climate forcing, for example "global dimming" linked to pollutant impacts on cloud formation;
  • to develop new observation systems and data provision; and
  • the provision of socio-economic analyses of policy options.

This investment allowed for development of new expertise and research capacity e.g. in relation to greenhouse gas emission associated with agriculture and land use e.g. grasslands, peatland & arable land, development of climate model capacity and development of impacts analysis tools.

This work has been developed in co-operation with other state agencies and group including Sustainable Energy Ireland, Teagasc and Met Eireann. A number of these research activities have also obtained additional funding via the EU FP6 program.

EPA-Funded Projects

Find out more details on EPA-funded Projects under the Climate Change theme:

Read more about our completed projects on:

Research Reports & Datasets under the Climate Change theme:

Learn more