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PRESS RELEASE: TAOISEACH TOLD OF ‘WIDESPREAD DISAPPOINTMENT’ OVER GOVERNMENT FAILURE TO ANNOUNCE A DATE FOR THE CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY ON BIODIVERSITY BEFORE THE DÁIL RECESS
As the Dáil rose, Climate Case Ireland [CCI] has written to An Taoiseach Micheál Martin stating that the Government’s more than two-year delay in setting a date for the Citizens’ Assembly on the Biodiversity Crisis is “hugely disappointing”. On 10th…

Press release: Climate Case Ireland deliver open letter to the Department of Communication, Climate Action, and the Environment calling for Citizens’ Assembly on the Biodiversity Crisis and Constitutional recognition of Environmental Rights.
Climate Case Ireland deliver open letter to the Department of Communication, Climate Action, and the Environment calling for Citizens’ Assembly on the Biodiversity Crisis and Constitutional recognition of Environmental Rights. Climate Case Ireland, supported by multiple organisations, today delivered an…

Open letter on Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss And A Constitutional Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment
More than two years ago – on 9th May 2019 – the Dáil declared a climate and biodiversity emergency and called for the Citizens’ Assembly to examine how the State can improve its response to the issue of biodiversity loss….

Climate Case Ireland’s amendments for Ireland’s Climate Bill.
Climate Case Ireland’s proposed amendments to Ireland’s Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 Overall level of ambition Amend s.6A(5) of the Act (as inserted by s.9 of the Bill) to ensure the interim 2030 target is legally…

Open Letter on Ireland’s revised Climate Bill 2021.
Open letter on Ireland’s revised Climate Bill 2021 We welcome the latest iteration of Ireland’s Climate Bill, which represents an undoubted improvement on the draft published in October 2020. The new general obligation (s.3(3)) requiring the Government and Minister to…

14.05.21 Press release: As Climate Bill passes second stage in the Dáil, Climate Case Ireland warn that it remains insufficient.
Climate Case Ireland, supported by multiple national and international grassroots groups, have written an open letter to Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and the Green Party, welcoming improvements to Ireland’s redrafted Climate Bill, but calling upon the Government to go further…

#StopCETA: Resources
Resources: Comhlámh. 2020. “CETA and ICS Fact Check.” Comhlámh. Comhlámh. 2017. “CETA: The Implications for Ireland.” Comhlámh. Suttle, O. 2021. Comment: CETA offers us the hand-rolled cigarette of international investment law. Sunday Business Post. Echo Chamber Podcast, Ep.452 –…

Climate Case Ireland welcomes cross-party report that recommends Minister Eamon Ryan “preserve the effect of the Supreme Court in Climate Case Ireland.”
Climate Case Ireland, who earlier this year won a historic Supreme Court case against the Irish Government for failing to take adequate action on climate change, has welcomed the publication of the Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate…

Open Letter on Ireland’s 2020 Climate Bill.
The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020 (the ‘Climate Bill’) has been described by Climate Case Ireland campaigners as “designed to prevent litigation and avoid legal accountability” at a time when access to justice for environmental organisations…

Climate Bill is fatally weak and threatens to undermine Supreme Court’s judgment in Climate Case Ireland
Press release published November 20th, 2020. Ireland’s Climate Bill 2020 threatens to undermine the impact of the Supreme Court’s historic judgment in Climate Case Ireland and creates a framework so weak as to be incapable of enabling the urgent…