Offshore and onshore renewable energy is one of six themes due to be addressed at the third National Climate Stakeholder Forum (NCSF) in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium today (Wed, May 10).
The event, which will be opened via an online address by Minister for Environment and Climate Eamon Ryan, will be chaired by ESRI director Prof Alan Barrett.
Almost 200 stakeholders and policymakers will explore “challenges and opportunities” presented by the transition to carbon neutrality during a one-day workshop.
The National Dialogue on Climate Action (NDCA) is a central pillar of the NDCA and takes the form of a one-day workshop. Today’s event will bring together nearly 200 stakeholders and policymakers – to explore the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition to carbon neutrality.
Break-out sessions will deal with “six delivery taskforces”, including offshore and onshore renewable energy; citizen engagement and climate literacy; heat and built environment; land-use review; just transition; and sustainable mobility policy.
“The National Climate Stakeholder Forum is a vital way to bring policymakers, State agencies, regulatory bodies, representative groups, and community and voluntary groups together – from across Ireland to discuss our national approach to climate action,” Ryan said.
“It is about identifying the most pressing challenges to our goal of achieving carbon neutrality, and putting forward the creative and practical solutions to address them to will ensure that no community and no place is left behind,” he said.
“We have to address the climate challenge together. No one group has the solution. No one group is better, or worse, at climate action than another. This is not about blaming or shaming, but working collectively,” Ryan said.
Prof Barrett, who chaired the first National Climate Stakeholder Forum last year, said the third forum was being held at “a crucial time for Ireland, as we look to accelerate the delivery of our response to climate change – through the latest Climate Action Plan 2023”.
The day’s results will form a short report, setting out pathways to the delivery of climate actions for consideration by policymakers.
“This, in turn, will inform the next Climate Action Plan,” Ryan’s department said.