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Gap Analysis on Behavioural Research Related to Climate Policy and Interventions

Behavioural Insights Series: No. 2, November 2024

Year: 2024

This report summarises how behavioural science is being applied both internationally and in Ireland to help achieve climate action targets.

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A Review of Climate Change Attitudes Using a Person-Centred Framework

Behavioural Insights Series: No. 1, November 2024

Year: 2024

This report presents a review of climate change attitudes using a person-centred framework

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Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report 2024 Quarter 1

Year: 2024

The EPA has launched 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. The data from the first three months of this year show an overall reduction of 2.2 per cent compared to quarter 1 2023, and a 0.2 per cent increase on quarter 4 2023. It should be noted that these data have been seasonally adjusted to provide a clearer picture of the underlying trends independent of seasonal fluctuations.

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National Climate Change Risk Assessment

Technical Guidance for Sectoral Risk Assessments, October 2024

Year: 2024

Technical Guidance for Sectoral Risk Assessments has been developed as part of the National Climate Change Risk Assessment process to ensure consistency across national and sectoral planning.

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Year: 2024

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Climate risk assessment approaches in the financial and commercial sectors

Authors: Dr. Christopher Phillips, Dr. Lydia Cumiskey, Cathal O’Mahony, Dr. Camila Tavares Pereira, Catriona Iulia Reid, Dr. Conor Quinlan, Dervla McAuley, Mary Frances Rochford, July 2024

Year: 2024

Focusing on lessons learned, the study explores the impact of guiding policies, legislation, and regulations on climate adaptation within the finance and commercial sectors, both internationally and nationally. The research includes a comprehensive literature review, emphasising the pivotal role of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and EU taxonomy frameworks in guiding climate risk assessment practices in relevant sectors. The study included interviews conducted with 20 individuals in roles related to sustainability, risk management, and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) within 11 diverse organisations spanning finance, commercial, consultancy, and climate services sectors. The interview topics were structured around three primary themes: current practices, policy and legislation, and climate actions.

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Implementation of Climate Adaptation Indicators: Lessons Learned from the Transport Sector

Authors: Dr. Ned Dwyer, Dr. Denise McCullagh and Dr. Billy O’Keeffe, July 2024

Year: 2024

Appropriate adaptation or resilience indicators provide a means to measure and quantify the status of climate adaptation, and the progress of adaptation actions in producing desired outcomes. These indicators help to define an existing situation and to track changes or trends over time. They can provide, for example, the degree of development or implementation of a policy process, or quantitative information, such as the total seasonal rainfall in a given area, or number of road bridges strengthened to withstand extreme weather events. Through a co-development process with TII, 43 adaptation indicators were identified and agreed with TII management, that are both suitable and implementable for national roads and light rail; this comprised 19 climatological, 6 impact, 11 implementation and 8 outcome indicators.

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Climate Change's Four Irelands: Climate Change in the Irish Mind, Wave 2, Report 2

Year: 2024

This report provides an updated overview on the Irish public’s beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours regarding climate change in the second wave of the Climate Change in the Irish Mind study.

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Ireland's Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2023

Year: 2024

The EPA has produced provisional estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for the time period 1990-2023. This report provides early insight into the annual greenhouse gas emissions in advance of final data being submitted to the EU and UN in 2025.

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Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Bulletin

Year: 2024

EPA special topic bulletin on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) as part of a special topic series examining sectoral and cross-cutting climate issues. This bulletin provides an insight into the history of land use in Ireland and looks in detail at the six land use categories relevant to GHG emissions reporting. It also sheds light on Ireland’s LULUCF emissions reduction targets and on updates and revisions to the LULUCF GHG Inventory produced by the EPA.

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National Climate Change Risk Assessment

Methodology Report, June 2024

Year: 2024

The methodology for the Irish NCCRA has been developed through a wide engagement process in 2024. The methodology outlines the approach for the development and delivery of the NCCRA. The NCCRA will be delivered in three stages; risk identification, risk assessment and urgency and adaptation prioritisation, underpinned by a preliminary stage on scoping and context.

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Ireland's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2023-2050

Year: 2024

This report provides an assessment of Ireland’s total projected greenhouse gas emissions out to 2050 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).

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Ireland's UNECE Submissions 2024

Year: 2024

Ireland's submissions under UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and National Emissions Ceiling Directive (NECD) include the Informative Inventory Report (IIR) and Nomenclature for Reporting (NFR) tables. The IIR and NFR contain detailed information on methodologies, activity data and emission factors and emissions for years 1990-2022.

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Ireland's Air Pollutant Emissions 2022 (1990-2030)

Year: 2024

Latest report (2024) on Ireland's National Emission Reduction Commitment Directive (NECD) emissions. Five main air pollutants, NOx, SO2, NH3, NMVOC and PM2.5

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Ireland's Final Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2022

Year: 2024

The EPA has produced final estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for the time period 1990-2022. In addition a dedicated Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) publication summarising recent changes is in preparation.

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Information Note: Updating Inventories With Latest Science And Urease Inhibitor Products

Year: 2024

This information note summarises how national inventories are updated with the latest science and which urease inhibitor products are included current national emission inventories and projections.

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Ireland's National Inventory Submissions 2024

Year: 2024

Ireland's annual inventory submissions including the National Inventory Report (NIR) and Common Reporting Format (CRF) data files and supplementary information if available. The NIR contains transparent and detailed information on the inventory for years 1990-2022. The CRF tables contain all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, implied emission factors and activity data..

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Climate Change in the Irish Mind Wave 2 Report 1

Year: 2024

This report provides an overview on the Irish public’s beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours regarding climate change in the second wave of the Climate Change in the Irish Mind study.

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Climate Change in the Irish Mind Wave 1 Insight Report 4

Intention Action Dynamic, February 2024

Year: 2024

This is a detailed examination of some of the findings of the 'Climate Change in the Irish Mind’ 2021, Wave 1 baseline study. The study reveals that high proportions of the population are likely to take at least one political action to reduce climate change in the next year, and that this intention is consistently in line with recent reported behaviour.

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Climate Change in the Irish Mind Wave 1 Insight Report 3

Worry about Climate Change Impacts, February 2024

Year: 2024

This is a detailed examination of some of the findings of the 'Climate Change in the Irish Mind’ 2021, Wave 1 baseline study. The report explores strong correlations among worries about local environmental hazards and worries about future climate change hazards.

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