Podcast: being young in a time of pandemic
In the latest episode of the Feasta/EHFF podcast series 'Bridging the Gaps', we hear from three young people about their experience of lockdown.
Debate on non-essential retail items tone deaf to needs of lower-income families – Patrick...
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Keep your animals safe this Halloween, urges Senator Hackett
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Biodiversity essential to “address future climate shocks”
29 October 2020
Failing to adequately consider biodiversity in the Climate Bill could reduce our ability to respond to future climate shocks, the Committee on...
Green Party announces new Executive Committee for 2020/21
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Oireachtas briefing: Green Ministers announce increased funding for youth services, community integration and the...
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Council update: Green Cllrs welcome local Climate Action department as active travel funding creates...
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Forestry: an emissions “source” rather than sink
29 October 2020
Ireland’s forestry sector is now a source of greenhouse gas emissions rather than a sink, a Department of Agriculture report has found.
The...
Feasta position paper on the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
What can the EU do to prevent carbon leakage - the sabotaging of its climate policy by non-EU industries? This submission provides some suggestions...
Sanctions for failing to meet targets might not be “implementable”
28 October 2020
Sanctioning government departments for failing to meet their carbon budgets under the new Climate Bill might not be “implementable”, the Chair of...
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