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The Ulster Unionist Party Leader Doug Beattie MC MLA has written to Claire Bailey MLA and DAERA Minister Edwin Poots to suggest that they merge her Private Members Climate Change Bill and the DAERA Bill to create a combined ‘best of both worlds’ Bill. Doug Beattie said: “It is unacceptable that Northern Ireland is the […]
Farm businesses are already taking practical steps to help reduce emissions and tackle climate change, Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has said. The Minister was speaking at the Agriculture and Climate Change: A Countryside COP event’ at CAFRE’s Greenmount campus, jointly organised by DAERA and the Ulster Farmers’ Union in advance of COP26. […]
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots MLA, on behalf of the NI Executive, has launched the draft Green Growth Strategy for Northern Ireland. The over-arching multi-decade Strategy, which is led by his Department, will set out the long-term vision and a solid framework for tackling the climate crisis by balancing climate action […]
SDLP Climate Champion Cara Hunter has chosen Holy Cross Primary School, Kilkeel as the winners of the party’s COP26 climate competition. The school’s P6/P7 class submitted a video urging Stormont politicians to take the climate crisis seriously. East Derry MLA Cara Hunter said: “These young people have creatively challenged political leaders by demanding action on […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins is welcoming ESB replacing a number of EV charge points across the north. The Newry and Armagh MLA stated: “ESB ecars is in the process of replacing 35 electric vehicle chargers across the north. These changepoints were in poor condition and in urgent need of an upgrade. “They are now […]
Speaking after the High Court in Belfast upheld the planning approvals granted in 2020, Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan said: “Local communities have repeatedly called for the undergrounding of the interconnector and it remains Sinn Féin’s position that the project should be undergrounded. “It is important that we have the infrastructure in place that allows us to […]
With the half term holidays nearly upon us, NI Water would like to take this opportunity of reminding parents and young people about the dangers of playing near treatment works, reservoirs and construction sites. Cathy Uprichard, Safety, Health, and Environment Manager at NI Water, explains: “Understandably, natural curiosity will draw children and young people towards some of […]
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon is to create a Living Places and Spaces grant scheme, using her Blue Green Infrastructure fund. Grants between £1,000 and £10,000, will be available to voluntary and community groups, clubs and associations and schools from the Living Places and Spaces Fund of £500,000 to create sustainable, safe and green environments in […]
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has commended the recent UK Nature Positive 2030 Report. The report prepared by the UK’s five nature agencies, setting out how the UK can reverse declines in biodiversity so that species & ecosystems can recover and become Nature Positive by 2030. It is designed to inform preparations for the upcoming […]
Two of the UK’s leading climate change experts have briefed the Northern Ireland Executive on the independent science and evidence behind their recommendations for NI’s contribution to the UK’s net zero targets. Chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), Lord Deben and CCC Chief Executive Chris Stark, were invited by the Agriculture, Environment and Rural […]
Minster for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA says that developing and defending our natural assets is key to creating a resilient economy and a healthy environment and should be at the heart of future Government policies and business strategies. The Minister made his comments during a speech to mark Mannok Sustainability Week […]
Northern Ireland greenhouse gas projection statistics based on 2018 greenhouse gas inventory statistics have been published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). This statistical report is updated annually and details the Northern Ireland greenhouse gas (GHG) projections. It projects emissions of GHGs in NI from 2019 to 2030 and considers the […]
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