Latest Climate Change Publications
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.
Ireland's National Inventory Submissions 2025
Year: 2025
Ireland's annual inventory submissions including the National Inventory Document (NID) and Common Reporting Table (CRT) data files and supplementary information if available. The NID contains transparent and detailed information on the inventory for years 1990-2023. The CRT tables contain all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, implied emission factors and activity data..
Ireland's UNECE Submissions 2025
Year: 2025
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 1990-2023.
Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report 2024 Quarter 2
Year: 2024
This is the second 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 2 2024 were down by 4.1 per cent on the same quarter last year. This was mainly driven by declining emissions from electricity generation (-19.1 per cent), agriculture (-4.6 per cent) and industrial processes (-9.4 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.
Encouraging Cooperation in Climate Collective Action Problems
Authors: Lucie Martin, Shane Timmons, and Pete Lunn, December 2024
Year: 2024
This report examines how behavioural science can help solve the climate collective action problems.
Gap Analysis on Behavioural Research Related to Climate Policy and Interventions
Authors: Leonhard K. Lades, and Cara Augustenborg, November 2024
Year: 2024
This report summarises how behavioural science is being applied both internationally and in Ireland to help achieve climate action targets.
A Review of Climate Change Attitudes Using a Person-Centred Framework
Authors: Ashling Bourke, Salam Jabbour, Aisling Martin, Lauren Walsh, and Kristin Hadfield, November 2024
Year: 2024
This report presents a review of climate change attitudes using a person-centred framework
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.
National Climate Change Risk Assessment Technical Guidance for Sectoral Risk Assessments
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.