NIEL Recommendations
- Introduction of a Climate Change Bill for Northern Ireland with legally binding targets to reduce GHGs by at least 3% annually accompanied by a budget to deliver these targets
- Funding of targeted research into climate change impacts within NI
- Diversification and decarbonisation of energy supply to increase energy security and supply and mechanisms to use energy more efficiently. A long–term strategic energy vision with suitable incentivisation is urgently required
- Ensure climate change is factored into the design of all new infrastructure, building to the highest zero carbon standards
- Raise public awareness of climate change impacts to encourage changes in societal behaviour
- Demonstrate that reductions in GHG emissions are compatible with economic growth and essential for Northern Ireland to access the benefits of a low carbon economy
- Central and local government should lead by example and ensure that the government estate is energy efficient and preferably carbon neutral.
Documents
View all documents30by30 2025 UK Progress Report (2025)
NIEL response to Call for Evidence on A Future Focused Review of the Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS) on the issue of Climate Change (2024)
For farming, nature and climate – Investing in the UK’s natural infrastructure to achieve Net Zero and nature’s recovery on land (2024)
Consultations
View all consultationsSustainable Agriculture Policy Working Group response to Nature Recovery Strategy Consultation (2026)
NIEL response to Nature Recovery Strategy Consultation (2026)
NI Freshwater Taskforce and NI Marine Task Force response to Nature Recovery Strategy Consultation (2026)
Links
- Climate Northern Ireland
- Climate UK
- Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- European Comission
- Gapminder
- GOV UK
- The Guardian
- ICARUS
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- NASA – State of Flux images of change
- Northern Ireland Climate Action Network (NICAN)
- Met Office
- Sniffer
- Sustainable Northern Ireland
- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
- University of East Anglia – Climatic Research Unit
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