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The COP-27 climate conference in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt ended a few weeks ago. FEASTA provided badges to several youth activists to attend and gain entry...
Ireland’s Fourth National Biodiversity Action Plan 2023-2027
This is a submission on behalf of the Environmental Pillar in response to the call for submissions on Ireland’s Fourth National Biodiversity Action Plan...
The Importance of COP15
By Pádraic Fogarty, Campaign Officer with the Irish Wildlife Trust
When the gavel went down at the end of COP21 in Paris in November 2015...
Environmental Pillar Letter to PEFC International Calling for the Suspension of Draft PEFC ...
To the Directors of PEFC International. I am writing to you on behalf of the Environmental Pillar, an organisation that works to represent the...
Ireland’s Draft Forest Strategy (2022 – 2030)
This is a submission on behalf of the Environmental Pillar in response to the public consultation on Ireland’s Forest Strategy (2022 – 2030) and...
Two thirds of people believe Irish Seas are unhealthy
Four out of five want additional protection for Irish coastal waters and oceans.
There is strong support for more legal protection for Irish waters according...
Loss and Damage: the defining issue of COP27
You may recall the plea ‘to keep 1.5 alive’ from last years COP26. This 1.5 goal refers to the target of keeping the earth’s...
Environmental Pillar submission to the consultation on Ireland’s Climate Action Plan 2023
The Environmental Pillar's submission covers the following areas:
The Framework
Avoid impacting biodiversity
Carbon Pricing and Cross-Cutting Issues
Transport
Agriculture, Land Use and Forestry
Buildings
Waste and the Circular Economy
EU Commission closes sensitive areas to bottom fishing, including nearly 9,000 km2 in Irish...
Following advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the EU Commission has finally closed 87 sensitive marine areas in...
What’s to be won at Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly on biodiversity loss?
In May earlier this year, within the walls of Dublin Castle, a very special meeting took place. Chaired by Dr. Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, 99...
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