Climate Change Adaptation
Why Ireland will need to adapt to the impacts of climate change:
The Irish climate is changing in line with global and regional trends. Adaptation and mitigation are essential elements in addressing the challenges and opportunities of climate change. Mitigation refers to efforts to limit the human induced causes of climate change, while adaptation addresses the impacts and opportunities resulting from climate change.
Even if the world succeeds in limiting and then reducing GHG emissions, our planet will take time to recover from the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere. Thus, we will still be faced with the impacts of climate change. We need therefore to take measures to adapt.
Research on Impacts and Adaptation
More information about research on impacts and adaptation for Ireland is available under the Climate Change Research Programme's Theme 2: Ireland and Future Climate, Impacts and Adaptation
International Climate Impacts Research Collaboration
At a European level, the EPA works as a partner with the Climate Impact Research Cordination for a Larger Europe (CIRCLE-2) group. CIRCLE-2 works to coordinate European transnational research funding on Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation (CCIVA) and to facilitate the transfer of research outcomes that European and national decision makers need to design effective yet economically efficient Adaptation initiatives and strategies. Further details can be found on their website: