Comhar Sustainable Development Council- Newsletter |
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Local Sustainability Best Practice Case Studies |
The Comhar SDC Local Sustainability Newsletter is designed to provide a platform for information sharing for local authorities and communities on best practice on local sustainability. It features case studies from around the country demonstrating how projects have worked and how they have made an impact. With increasing financial and other constraints due to the current economic climate, effective information sharing avoids duplication of work and provides a selection of tried and tested projects that local authorities and communities can assess to meet their objectives. It covers a wide range of themes including for example, climate change, energy, biodiversity, sustainable consumption and production and local economic prosperity.
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Outcome of all all-Ireland Conference on Biodiversity |
| Over 80 key people from environmental groups, government departments, business and charities came together on the 3rd of March in Londonderry/Derry to discuss priorities for nature and the environment in Ireland north and south. The conference was organised by the Irish Biodiversity Forum and the Northern Ireland Biodiversity Group in response to the new targets set at Nagoya in Japan –as part of the 10th World Convention on Biological Diversity.
To read more about this event follow the link |
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The Irish media have a key role to play in informing public debate on sustainable development. The Comhar Sustainable Development Media Fund was established with the aim of securing more and better coverage of sustainability and related issues. New Media Fund projects have been published/broadcastand you can see them using the link below. There are interesting radio clips, articles and a slideshow exploring diverse aspects of sustainable development. This is a link to the Media Fund webpage |
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Consultation on Climate Change Bill | Comhar Sustainable Development Council (SDC) welcomed the opportunity to respond to the recently published Climate Change Response Bill 2010, which sets out a statutory approach to strengthen the national response to climate change. An effective Climate Change Bill can play a key role in integrating climate change considerations and impacts across sectoral and Government decision making and as a result should link together existing climate policy strands and lead to a more coordinated approach. This is a link to the Climate Change Bill Submission |
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A Sustainability Impact Assessment methodology for Ireland | Comhar SDC held a workshop on Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) which will feed into developing guidelines on how Sustainability Impact Assessment might be carried out in Ireland. Presentations from this workshop are now available on the Comhar SDC website. You can access presentations from the event here |
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Comhar SDC Recommendations - Waste Consultation | In alignment with the goals of a low carbon, resource efficient and ecologically friendly society, Comhar SDC has provided responses to the draft statement of waste policy and additional observations. The importance and significance of waste policy based on best practice cannot be underestimated, particularly in relation to the potential contribution it will make towards sustainable development.
This is a link to the Waste Consultation Submission |
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Community Renewable Energy |
The research on Community Renewable Energy is on-going. We are still looking for information on current community energy projects in Ireland. If you know about a Community Energy Project, and have not already done so, please contact Niamh Kirwan (niamh.kirwan@environ.ie 01 8882734) with the details. All information is greatly appreciated. |
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The Irish Government has commitments on sustainable development which come from an international, EU and national level. Sustainable development is based on active participation with key stakeholders and sectoral interests. Comhar SDC is the key organisation in Ireland providing for sectoral and stakeholder engagement on implementing sustainable development. |
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