Energy & Environment
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What if we could engage everyone to increase climate action and sustain sustainability?
Some might say we have climate action tunnel vision. Like a weary driver on a long dark road, drifting off…
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Climate Action Bill: Pre-legislative scrutiny
Having completed its pre-legislative scrutiny (PLS) of the draft Climate Action Bill, the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee published its report…
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Public Private Puzzlement: expanding the definition of public authority under the AIE Regulations
Managing requests for access to environmental information has generally been the business of ‘traditional’ public authorities such as county councils…
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Waste reduction and the circular economy
Philip Nugent, Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, outlines the importance of waste reduction and…
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Transport innovation for sustainable development: a gender perspective
Rachel Cahill, Head of Executive Office and Sustainability Lead, Transport Infrastructure Ireland writes of how everyday stories inspire new thinking…
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The relationship between the environment and public health
Greg Straton, the Assistant Principal Officer of Health and Wellbeing at the Department of Health, speaks to eolas about Healthy…
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Progression for Fingal County Council in tackling climate change
It is now 15 months into the implementation of the Fingal County Council Climate Action Plan and in this time,…
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The IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C
Co-Chair of the IPCC working group III, Jim Skea, discusses the report on limiting global warming to 1.5ºC and the…
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EU Biodiversity Strategy
Micheal O’Briain, Deputy Head of the Nature Unit of DG Environment in the European Commission, discusses a new pathway for…
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Meeting Ireland’s climate change challenge
John FitzGerald, former Chair and current member of the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC), contextualises the climate change challenge facing…
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