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Ireland’s emissions dangerously high, EPA report finds
A new report [2] published by the Environmental Protection Agency today reveals that Ireland’s emissions amounted to a massive 60,506 kilotonnes CO2 equivalent in 2018, meaning that our emissions have increased by almost 10% between 1990 and 2018, when the government itself has agreed that our emissions need to decrease by 25-40% from 1990 to 2020 to help avert dangerous climate breakdown.
Friends of the Irish Environment to consider grounds for appealing High Court ruling in historic climate case
Today, Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) announced it will consider grounds for appealing the decision of the High Court in its historic Irish climate case. The court held that the Irish government’s decision to adopt the National Mitigation Plan,…
Judgment day is here – see you in court September 19th!
It’s been seven months since our historic hearing in January – and now we’re finally returning to the High Court for the result! Please join us Thursday the 19th of September at 1pm on the Quays by the Four Courts (Inns Quay,…
Save the Dates!
Mark your calenders! We are excited to see lots of you over the next two weeks. 1. Catch up with Climate Case IrelandWhere: Patagonia, 24 – 26 Exchequer St DublinWhen: Friday 13th Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm Join Climate Case Ireland in…
Mary Robinson becomes pescatarian, urges people to ‘get angry’ over climate change
Those who wish to make a meaningful contribution to tackling climate change should make it a personal issue in their lives and do something, climate justice campaigner Mary Robinson has said. She had become a pescatarian, eating fish but not meat, she…
Irish Court to Decide If Country Must Strengthen Its Climate Plan
Climate Case Ireland was featured on the website climateliabilitynews.org, in an article written by Isabella Kaminski. The article provides an overview of the court proceedings and some of the key arguments raised by both parties. For the full article, click…
Emissions level ‘higher than 1990’
It is “disturbing” that Ireland’s emissions are expected to be higher in 2030 than they were in 1990, a court has heard. Closing arguments were made in the High Court yesterday in a landmark case against the government’s National Mitigation…
State exposing citizens to unjustified danger from emissions, court told
Ireland has “exposed its citizens to risk and danger without justification” by not taking adequate measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and failing to maintain an environment consistent with human dignity, the High Courthas been told. The State can take necessary…
Group seeks ‘hugely onerous climate-change obligations’, court hears
Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) is seeking to impose a parallel track of hugely onerous climate change obligations on the State without any of the measures to ensure the public is on board, the High Court was told on Thursday. The…
‘No legal standing’ to argue for citizens’ constitutional rights
An environmental group’s argument that the State’s key climate plan impinges on citizens’ human rights should be discarded as it does not have the legal standing to do so, the High Court heard today. The court is currently hearing a landmark…