Public Consultation on Review of the National Adaptation Framework

Human-induced climate change, including more frequent and intense extreme weather events, has already caused extensive impacts on nature and people, threatening the food and water security for millions around the globe.

The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability confirms that these climate impacts are now an irreversible reality for every country including Ireland.

Ireland’s strategy for the application of climate adaptation measures to reduce the vulnerability of the State to the negative effects of climate change, and to seek opportunities for any positive effects that may occur, is contained in the 2018 National Adaptation Framework (NAF).

The strategic vision for the Framework was to develop a ‘climate resilient Ireland’. It sets out a high-level vision of the capacity of Ireland’s social, economic and environmental systems to cope with climate change by responding or reorganising in ways that maintain their function, identity and structure, while also developing capacity to adapt, learn and transform.

A primary objective of the NAF is to bring a clear and strong focus to both the challenges and to the opportunities for transitioning to a climate resilient future. Also important is the need to have a positively focussed and cost-effective national transition agenda.

We are now reviewing the Framework in line with the requirements of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act. The submissions made to this consultation will inform the recommendations to the Minister regarding the NAF and will help to guide national adaptation priorities over the coming years.

We invite interested parties to take part in the review by completing our online questionnaire.

The closing date for submissions is 5.30pm on Wednesday 20 July 2022

If you have any difficulty accessing our online survey, or you wish to make a submission by email or post, or in Irish, please contact us by emailing NationalAdaptationFramework@decc.gov.ie

We are committed to engaging with stakeholders in a clear, open and transparent manner. Any person or organisation can make a submission in relation to this consultation. All submissions and feedback will be considered before the final version of the National Adaptation Framework Review is published.

Please note that responses to this consultation are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (FOI), Access to Information on the Environment Regulations 2007-2018 (AIE) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Please also note that we intend to publish the contents of all submissions received to our consultations on our website. We will redact personal data prior to publication. In responding to this consultation, parties should clearly indicate where their responses contain personal information, commercially sensitive information or confidential information which they would not wish to be released under FOI, AIE or otherwise published.

We would like to draw your attention to our Data Privacy Notice which explains how and when we collect personal data, why we do so and how we treat this information. It also explains your rights in relation to the collection of personal information and how you can exercise those rights.