FYI 🗣️ Opposition parties, NGOs and community groups will be gathering outside the Dáil at 5.30pm on April 22nd before voting on the motion takes place. 🗺️📍Join the protest!

End the Energy Crises: Support the Earth Day Motion The ongoing crisis in the Middle East has demonstrated that the objective of affordable, secure and decarbonised energy cannot be met through importation of fossil fuels which are carbon intensive and...

Be sure to sign this Earth Day Petition supporting the Dáil motion to demand that the Government recommit to its 2030 climate targets and deliver targeted supports to those most at risk of energy poverty. ✍️ @rodericogorman.bsky.social

my.uplift.ie/petitions/no... @uplift.ie

🤔 In the middle of a new energy crisis, how are governments choosing to spend public money? The negotiations around the next multi-year EU budget have started.
👀 Out of 17 analysed Member States, only 5 have set up a working group for stakeholder consultation: bankwatch.org/publication/...

Transboundary procedural environmental rights & planning processes on the island of ireland - EJNI

Our submission highlights how recent changes to planning law in Ireland have fundamentally reshaped the nature of public body accountability in Ireland.

Access submission here⬇️
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EJNI made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Healthy Environment Call for Input (www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for... closed on the 30 March) on Planning and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

The EU’s proposed National and Regional Partnership Plans: An explainer for Irish Civil Society Organisations - EJNI

Want to find out more? Read our explainer for Irish CSOs on the EU's proposed #NRPPs and what they mean for Ireland as well as explaining key risks and concerns 🔍⬇️

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@rescoop.eu have prepared a short brief analysing how these Plans can support energy communities.

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EJNI contributed to an Ireland specific factsheet linking energy communties with the goals, specific chapters, of the #NRPP Regualtion.

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🗣️EJNI calls on Ireland to support energy communities with EU funding 💶

🔍 The negotiations around the next multi-year EU budget (2028-2034) have started. As part of a new funding architecture, every Member State will create a “National and Regional Partnership Plan” (NRPP) ⬇️

The intention is to make EU funding more strategic by linking investment and policy reforms to EU priorities and measurable outcomes.

However, our explainer explores key risks and concerns and how Irish CSOs can shape how EU funding will be planned and delivered after 2028. 💰🌱

National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) are a key feature of the EU Commission's proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework #MFF

Our ✨new✨explainer provides an intro to the NRPPs and what they could mean for Ireland. 📖⬇️

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Exec Summary: Consistent Paris Test assessment of the 2024 Proposal for Ireland’s 2031–2040 carbon budgets - EJNI

New report by me, via @ejni.bsky.social:
"Consistent Paris Test assessment of the 2024 Proposal for Ireland’s 2031–2040 carbon budgets"
(Fair warning: charts involved!)
➡️ Exec Summary: ejni.net/publications...
➡️ Full Report: ejni.net/publications...
➡️ Briefing: www.linkedin.com/pulse/consis...
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Our full response to the OHCHR call for input ahead of the country visit to Ireland can be found here:

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@pilsni.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social

We were delighted to see that the transboundary issues and key recommendations were reflected in the end of mission statement 👇

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We look forward to the publication of the full report at the UN Human Rights Council in March 2027 📖

In Dublin last week, EJNI met with Astrid Puentes Riaño, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Healthy Environment.🤝

🗣️We shared our concerns re the transoundary implications for a Human Right to a Healthy Environment for citizens living across the whole island of Ireland.

🟠 Correlation between Ireland's air pollution and failure to address both energy and transport poverty

🟠Based on the recs of the UN Special Rapporteur on HR and the Environment, there is a strong human rights argument for Ireland to adopt the WHO AQG values as ‘legally binding standards’.

We emphasise:

🔴 Ongoing failure to limit cross-border agri ammonia & NMVOC pollution

🔴 Existing CAS fails to integrate transboundary concerns

🔴Addressing Ireland's air pollution requires a hollistic approach

Updating Ireland’s Clean Air Strategy 2025 - EJNI

EJNI submitted a response to the @deptcee.bsky.social consultation on Ireland's Clean Air Strategy (CAS).

Deadline⏰: 20th of February midnight

Access our response here 📖: ejni.net/publications...

Friends of the Earth NI had a great meeting this morning in Dublin with @ejni.bsky.social @pilsni.bsky.social as they met with Astrid Puentes Riaño, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to a health environment. Thank you @astridpuentes.bsky.social for your time today.

Open letter to IE govt: protesting the continuing delays in issuing the 2026 update to the Climate Action Plan (CAP26), and the spurious grounds being offered for that. www.postcarbonireland.org/etc/2026/Let...

EJNI Position Paper on Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the EU - EJNI This paper sets out a summary of Environmental Justice Network Ireland’s priorities and recommendations for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in July–December 2026

EJNI set out a summary of our priorities and recommendations for Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in July-December 2026; available here 📖 : ejni.net/publications...

Our paper provides answers to key questions on the #MFF and explores the choices at stake during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 which coincides with the politically sensitive phase of negotiations on the 2028–2034 MFF.

The EU's Multiannual Financial Framework #MFF defines the financial architecture within which all EU programmes operate. Spanning many areas such as climate, competitiveness, agriculture, & so on.🌱

AND establishes the rules that govern how funds are allocated, managed & monitored. 🔍

Our ✨new explainer✨ "The EU's Long-Term Budget and Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the EU" forms part of a series of EJNI outputs related to Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the EU (1 July to 31 December 2026).

Access here: ejni.net/publications...

🔍 The negotiations around the next multi-year EU budget (2028-2034) have started. Every Member State will create a “National and Regional Partnership Plan” (NRPP)

We co-signed this letter with 53 organisations calling on national governments to draft their NRPPs transparently: tinyurl.com/3zwcy6zy

EJNI’s response to the EU’s Call for Evidence for Better Regulation Framework - EJNI

You still have until midnight ⏰ to make a submission to the EU Commission's Call for Evidence on the revision of the #BetterRegulation

Read EJNI's submission here: ejni.net/publications...

EJNI co-signed this letter ✉️ alongside more than 50 environmental, social and democratic organisations, calling for the Commission to protect evidence-based, participatory law-making in the revision of the Better Regulation agenda🖊️ @eeb.org #Democracy4Transition

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Climate Change: a new reason to return to land law reform - EJNI

This paper argues that Land law reform can (and should) enable land use reform in order to ensure climate resilience through democratic reform, community empowerment and legal change.

Happy reading!➡️📖ejni.net/publications/climate-cha...

✨New Paper✨

Both Northern Ireland and Ireland's Climate Acts are highly prescriptive laws.

Although there are important differences, both climate laws place a heavy emphasis on land use change as a key method of meeting legally binding emission and adaptation targets. ⬇️🎯

EJNI co-signed this letter calling 🗣️ on the Commission to reverse their decision to withdraw the European Cross-Border Associations (ECBA) Directive.

🌍 Non-profits should be able to operate across borders. Read the letter here: bit.ly/4radFEw

#SaveECBA #EUCivilSociety

www.theoep.org.uk/commissioned...