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Cross-sectoral partnership on a mission to facilitate climate adaptation and mitigation actions in Northern Ireland.
Keep informed: https://climatenorthernireland.org.uk/news
📢Research job opportunity📢

Research Assistant at the MACC Hub, King's College London.

Help make a real impact on national climate policy by helping UK government departments set evidence-informed climate adaptation objectives.

See MACC Hub's LinkedIn post for more: shorturl.at/xEeFv
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🌍Strengthen your organisation’s resilience in a changing climate.🌍

🔴Understand key climate-related risks and their impact on operations
🔴 Explore supply chain vulnerabilities and resilience strategies

Book here: tinyurl.com/3p3afcyp
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📢Career opportunity📢: Committee Member at the Climate Change Committee. If you have experience in:
🔶Translating cutting edge climate science
🔶 Determining strategic direction of statutory bodies
Submit your application before 01/12/25.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🌍Have your say on the next Climate Change Risk Assessment🌍

The Met Office is seeking feedback on the Technical Report for CCRA4 for:

🔵Remaining evidence gaps
🔵Clarity of the communication
🔵Ease of understanding

See more here: bit.ly/4omtgQl
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
📢 Catch up with our recently published monthly newsletter for October! tinyurl.com/534z9jam:

Top stories:
🔸Last call on NI's Fourth Carbon Budget Consultation
🔸NI 'lagging considerably' in NI Audit Office Report

📨 Subscribe to future newsletters: subscribepage.io/climatenorthernireland
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The State of the UK Climate 2024 report
has been published in the International Journal of
Climatology, providing robust evidence of the UK’s
changing climate and the increasing frequency of
extreme weather events. Read: climatenorthernireland.org.uk/state-of-the...
State of the UK Climate in 2024 | Climate NI
The State of the UK Climate 2024 report, published in the International Journal of Climatology, presents an analysis of the UK’s climate over the past year and highlights ongoing trends in temperature...
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July 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The UK CCC's 2025 Progress Report to Parliament highlights a GHG emission reduction of 50% since 1990 driven by coal reduction, renewables & e-vehicle uptake. Underscores need for action in low-carbon heating, electrification, and carbon removal. climatenorthernireland.org.uk/progress-in-...
Progress in reducing emissions – 2025 report to Parliament | Climate NI
The UK Climate Change Committee has released a 2025 report to Parliament ‘Progress in reducing emissions’. The UK Climate Change Committee’s 2025 Progress Report to Parliament highlights meaningful st...
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July 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Reminder that the deadline to get your responses in for the draft NICCAP3 is 4th August!
July 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Upcoming lunchtime lectures via MS Teams

UKCP: Blending Climate Data with a Neurological Approach for Climate Adaptation Approached in the National Trust 24.07.25
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Natural History Museum: Fixing Our Broken Planet: Climate Disinformation 30.07.25
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July 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Reskilling and upskilling vital in facilitating industries to achieve net zero. The 2025 NI Green Skills Conference will be held at Europa Hotel in Belfast, on Thursday 25th September 2025 and will run from 9.30am to 3.30pm. climatenorthernireland.org.uk/northern-ire...
Northern Ireland Green Skills Conference 2025 | Climate NI
The need for green skills has never been so in demand but these skills are vital in achieving net-zero. Every industry has a responsibility to reskill and upskill their employees to meet the demands o...
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July 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
❗️Reminder that the draft Third Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme (NICCAP3) is out for public consultation. The consultation closes on Monday 4th August 2025 so take this opportunity before it passes.

www.daera-ni.gov.uk/consultation...
Public Consultation on the draft Third Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme (NICCAP3)
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a public consultation on a draft of the Third Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme (NICCAP3). We would...
www.daera-ni.gov.uk
July 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
UK now 50.4% of the way to achieving net zero, with many positive 'tipping points' imminent e.g. cheap solar energy and increased sales of electric cars. Understanding these tipping points helps to identify key leverage points where intervention can be most impactful. tinyurl.com/735cbbek
Is the UK on the verge of a positive 'tipping point' in tackling climate change? | Climate NI
The UK is now more than half way (50.4%) to achieving a net zero carbon economy, meaning it has reduced its national emissions significantly compared to 1990. There are many ‘tipping points’ in relati...
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July 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Launch of MTG-S1 by EUMETSAT will orbit to focus on Europe and provide data allowing for highly accurate weather forecasting as the climate crisis is expected to bring frequent storms, longer heatwaves and shifting climate patterns. climatenorthernireland.org.uk/new-satellit...
New satellite 'vital' for future weather forecasts | Climate NI
The Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) will be the first ever European sounding satellite in geostationary orbit, joining the imager satellite which launched in 2022. The launch of MTG-S1, org...
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July 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Hub invites you to a critical and timely webinar exploring the concept of vulnerability in climate adaptation. Register on MS Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/03585a...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Funded by Creative Ireland and led by UCC, Climate NI among collaborators of the BluePrint project which has launched a toolkit to facilitate climate risk communication and policymaking engagement between authorities, artists, researchers and communities through the creative co-creation process.
Launch of the BluePrint Toolkit | Climate NI
The BluePrint Toolkit is a key output of the Creative Ireland funded project BluePrint. Researchers Lydia Cumiskey and Denise McCullagh at MaREI, University College Cork (UCC) led the project with par...
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July 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
June newsletter just dropped! Draft NICCAP3 and Climate Action Plans open for consultation, MACC Hub Flexible Funding Call for collaborative action-based climate adaptation research, TalX2 attend Mary Robinson Climate and Nature Conference & more. Subscribe to our newsletter: shorturl.at/N1ln6
June 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
MACC Hub have launched their Flexible Funding aimed at supporting up to 10 projects working on academic-community collaborations that learn by doing climate change adaptation where it matters most. Find out more at their virtual sandpit session on Tues 8th July: shorturl.at/qmw9h
June 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Love nature? Aged 16-24? Want to be part of something bigger?

Applications are open to join the RSPB Youth Council: a team of brilliant young people shaping the UK’s largest conservation charity.

Don't miss your chance! Deadline Fri 27 June: www.rspb.org.uk/about-us/how... 👈
June 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The DAERA-published bulletin highlights NI's net GHG emissions of 18.2 MtCO2e (a decrease of 7.1% and 31.5% compared to 2022 and 1990 respectively). The agri (30.8% of total) and domestic transport (21.5%) sectors were the largest emitters. climatenorthernireland.org.uk/northern-ire...
Northern Ireland greenhouse gas statistics 1990-2023 published | Climate NI
A statistical bulletin on greenhouse gas emissions for Northern Ireland during the period 1990-2023 was published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on the 10th June. Nort...
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June 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The Department for Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs (DAERA) have launched a 16-week consultation on their draft Climate Action Plan, which is a legal requirement of the Climate Change Act (2022) climatenorthernireland.org.uk/launch-of-cl...
Launch of Climate Action Plan consultation | Climate NI
The launch of Northern Ireland’s first Climate Action Plan has been announced by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural affairs (DAERA). This will include a 16 week-long public consultat...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
'Goals for Climate Change' run by Groundwork NI, Irish Football Association and QUB aims to improve the sustainability of NI's network of FCs with £1.2M National Lottery Community Funded project climatenorthernireland.org.uk/football-clu...
Football clubs to tackle climate change | Climate NI
Football clubs across Northern Ireland are set to tackle climate change in a new £1.2m project. Goals for Climate Change will involve participating clubs to develop their own local climate action plan...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🔥There are too many reasons for you to get down to Brink! for their class line-up of events this weekend through next week at their Summer Solstice Festival which focuses heavily on sustainability. Check out their line-up: www.playthinkbrink.com/summersolsti...
Play Think Brink — What Should Your City Do?
'Summer Solstice from the Brink!' is a festival of culture, conversation and workshops to engage citizens in issues of climate change. We shine a light on what is going on across these islands, to ins...
www.playthinkbrink.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Register for ESDF's Nature Workshops: Taking Notice with Field Studies Ireland, Friday 27th June, 10am (sold out) or 1.30pm. Designed for educators, practitioners, community workers, or student teachers: equip yourselves with the skills for delivering outdoor education. tinyurl.com/mpundw7e
Nature Workshops: Taking Notice with Field Studies Ireland | Climate NI
The Education for Sustainable Development Forum (ESDF) are hosting a workshop to support nature and wellbeing through outdoor education.  This workshop will take place on Friday 27th June at Clandeboy...
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June 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
@daera-ni.gov.uk have launched an 8-week consultation for their draft of NICCAP3 which includes >250 actions from government departments, councils, NGOs, businesses, academia and civil society which aim to improve NI's resilience to climate change impacts: tinyurl.com/mr28vhxw
Consultation launched on Northern Ireland Climate Adaptation Programme | Climate NI
Today DAERA has launched a public consultation which will last eight weeks to gain views on the draft of the Third Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme (NICCAP3). The draft of NICCAP3 ...
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June 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
MACC Hub Virtual Sandpit Sessions: MACC invite researchers, community groups, local authorities, businesses, and third sector organisations to learn more about the funding call, meet potential collaborators, and share ideas at one of their virtual sandpits. Register: shorturl.at/uolTV
MACC Hub: Flexible Funding: Virtual Sandpit Sessions - MACC Hub
Join MACC Hub's Flexible Funding: Sandpit Sessions to explore funding for innovative, action-based climate adaptation projects. Connect with researchers, communities, and organisations to develop coll...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM