IRELAND’S CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT Volume 3: Being prepared for Ireland’s future climate: Summary for policymakers

Murphy, Conor, Heaphy, Liam, Quinn, Tara, O’Brien, Enda, & Nolan, Paul. (2023). IRELAND’S CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT Volume 3: Being prepared for Ireland’s future climate: Summary for policymakers. Ireland: Environmental Protection Agency.

Abstract

Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment (ICCA) delivers a comprehensive, Ireland-focused, state of scientific knowledge report on our understanding of climate change, its impacts on Ireland, the options to respond to the challenges it poses, and the opportunities from transitions and transformations to a climate-neutral, climate-resilient and sustainable economy and society. This serves to complement and localise the global assessments undertaken by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports (see www.ipcc.ch). The findings presented build upon these global assessments and add important local and national context. Volume 3 The Summary for Policymakers (SPM) provides key insights from Volume 3 of Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment: Being Prepared for Ireland’s Future Climate. Volume 3 provides a synthesis of research on climate change impacts and progress on adaptation in Ireland. The SPM is organised as follows. We start by defining adaptation as part of climate action and national policy on climate change. Section A considers the current state of play on adaptation in Ireland. Section B summarises key climate risks across sectors before Section C distils key messages on building momentum to realise a climate-resilient Ireland. Section D sets out key knowledge gaps that need to be addressed.

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