Latest Climate Change Publications
Landfill Gas Survey Return for 2025
Year: 2026
A survey of landfill sites to determine the quantity of methane flared and or recovered in utilisation plants for 2025
Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report 2025 Quarter 3
Year: 2026
This is the latest EPA report on quarterly greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland to support more frequent monitoring of national and sectoral progress on climate action. This series complements the national greenhouse gas inventory and projections prepared annually by the EPA. Emissions in Quarter 3 2025 were down by 2.8% on the same quarter last year. This was mainly driven by decreases in the Agriculture sector (-184 kt CO₂ eq), driven by decreased fertiliser sales, and the Electricity sector (-89 kt CO₂ eq) due to increased renewables.
Climate Change in the Irish Mind Wave 2 Insight Report Number 4 Engagement
How does your engagement with climate change affect your climate knowledge, trust in information sources, climate literacy, perceived climate risk and support for climate policies?, December 2025
Year: 2025
The ‘Climate Change in the Irish Mind’ project (CCIM) is a nationally representative study of the Irish people’s beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours regarding climate change, undertaken by the EPA and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. The CCIM Insight report “Climate Engagement” investigates how the public’s engagement with climate change connects to climate knowledge, support for climate policies, trust in information sources and risk perception of climate change.
Climate Change in the Irish Mind Wave 2 Insight Report Number 3 Climate Literacy
How does knowing that humans are the main cause of climate change affect your climate literacy, perspective on climate change, support for climate policies?, December 2025
Year: 2025
The ‘Climate Change in the Irish Mind’ project (CCIM) is a nationally representative study of the Irish people’s beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours regarding climate change, undertaken by the EPA and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. The CCIM Insight report “Climate Literacy” investigates how the public’s understanding of human caused climate-change connects to their overall climate knowledge, their support for climate policies, and their views on climate change.
Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report 2025 Quarter 2
Year: 2025
This is the latest EPA report on quarterly greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland to support more frequent monitoring of national and sectoral progress on climate action. This series complements the national greenhouse gas inventory and projections prepared annually by the EPA. Emissions in Quarter 2 2025 were down by 3.2% on the same quarter last year. This was mainly driven by decreases in the Buildings sector (-296 kt CO₂ eq) driven by reduced demand for heating, and the Agriculture sector (-117 kt CO₂ eq) driven by decreased fertiliser sales.
Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report 2025 Quarter 1
Year: 2025
This is the fifth EPA report in a new series of quarterly greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland to support more frequent monitoring of national and sectoral progress on climate action. This series complements the national greenhouse gas inventory and projections prepared annually by the EPA. Emissions in Quarter 1 2025 were up by 2.9% on the same quarter last year. This was mainly driven by increased emissions in the agriculture sector (+8.7%) due to increased fertiliser sales, and the Electricity sector driven by a 4.1% increase in electricity generation from fossil fuels.
Ireland's Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2024
Year: 2025
The EPA has produced provisional estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for the time period 1990-2024. This report provides early insight into the annual greenhouse gas emissions in advance of final data being submitted to the EU and UN in 2026.
Climate Change in the Irish Mind Insight Report Wave 2 Number 2: Personal Economy
Does your financial situation impact your attitude to climate change?, June 2025
Year: 2025
The CCIM Insight report ‘Personal Economy’ investigates how personal economic circumstances can influence people’s perspectives on topics like overall policy outlook, support for climate change policies, and trust in climate change information sources.
Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report 2024 Quarter 4
Year: 2025
This is the fourth EPA report in a new series of quarterly greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland to support more frequent monitoring of national and sectoral progress on climate action. The series will complement the national greenhouse gas inventory and projections prepared annually by the EPA. Emissions in quarter 4 2024 were up by 2.5 per cent on the same quarter last year. This was mainly driven by increased emissions from electricity generation (+11.3 per cent), and agriculture (+3.8 per cent). It should be noted that these data have been seasonally adjusted to provide a clearer picture of the underlying trends independent of seasonal fluctuations.
Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report 2024 Quarter 3
Year: 2025
This is the third EPA report in a new series of quarterly greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland to support more frequent monitoring of national and sectoral progress on climate action. The series will complement the national greenhouse gas inventory and projections prepared annually by the EPA. Emissions in quarter 3 2024 increased by +0.5% (+60 kt CO₂ eq) compared to quarter 3 2023, driven mainly by increases in the Buildings (+162 kt CO₂ eq) sector (due to increased heating demand from cooler weather) and Agriculture (+99 kt CO₂ eq) sector (due to increased fertiliser use).
National Climate Change Risk Assessment Summary for Policymakers
Year: 2025
Ireland’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA) provides a comprehensive national overview of the potential risks and opportunities posed by climate change for Ireland. It will play a critical role in meeting national policy objectives and supporting sectoral and local authority climate adaptation planning processes. The NCCRA integrates scientific and technical knowledge with input from expert stakeholders, to identify, assess, and prioritise climate change risks to build a comprehensive understanding of risks.
National Climate Change Risk Assessment Main Report
Year: 2025
Ireland’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA) provides a comprehensive national overview of the potential risks and opportunities posed by climate change for Ireland. It will play a critical role in meeting national policy objectives and supporting sectoral and local authority climate adaptation planning processes. The NCCRA integrates scientific and technical knowledge with input from expert stakeholders, to identify, assess, and prioritise climate change risks to build a comprehensive understanding of risks.
National Climate Change Risk Assessment Consultation Report
Year: 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commissioned KPMG to design and deliver Ireland’s first dedicated National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA). The purpose of the NCCRA is to provide for an iterative and scalable approach to assessing climate change risk. The NCCRA is delivered through three reports; a Summary for Policymakers which contains a summary of policy-relevant aspects of the NCCRA in non-technical and accessible language; a Main Report which provides an overview of the methodology, findings, and recommendations to improve climate risk assessments; a Technical Report which sets out the evidence base for the NCCRA and further detail on the risk assessment findings, including descriptions of exposure, vulnerability, and consequence and outlines knowledge gaps.
National Climate Change Risk Assessment Technical Report
Year: 2025
Ireland’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA) provides a comprehensive national overview of the potential risks and opportunities posed by climate change for Ireland. It will play a critical role in meeting national policy objectives and supporting sectoral and local authority climate adaptation planning processes. The NCCRA integrates scientific and technical knowledge with input from expert stakeholders, to identify, assess, and prioritise climate change risks to build a comprehensive understanding of risks.
Ireland's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2024-2055
Year: 2025
This report provides an assessment of Ireland’s total projected greenhouse gas emissions out to 2055 which includes an assessment of progress towards achieving its National ambitions under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 and EU emission reduction targets for 2030 as set under the EU Effort Sharing Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2018/842).
Ireland's Air Pollutant Emissions 2023 (1990-2030)
Year: 2025
Latest report (2025) on Ireland's National Emission Reduction Commitment Directive (NECD) emissions. Five main air pollutants, NOx, SO2, NH3, NMVOC and PM2.5
Ireland's Final Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2023
Year: 2025
The EPA has produced final estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for the time period 1990-2023.
GREENHOUSE GASES: A global to national overview of impacts, trends and policy
Year: 2025
An overview of greenhouse gases, where they come from in Ireland and how we can mitigate them.
Climate Attitudes and Literacy in the Civil Service (CALCS)
2025, March 2025
Year: 2025
The Climate Attitudes and Literacy in the Civil Service (CALCS) report examines beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours regarding climate change among civil servants in Ireland.
Climate Change in the Irish Mind Insight Report Wave 2 No. 1:
Life Stage, March 2025
Year: 2025
Climate Change in the Irish Mind Insight Report Wave 2 No. 1 Life Stage concentrates on how life stage relates to the pattern of responses to Climate Change in the Irish Mind climate change beliefs and risk perceptions questions.