Annual Review 2020 Annual Review 2020 September 2020 Submitted to the Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport on 23 September 2020 Climate Change Advisory Council McCumiskey House Richview, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 14, D14 YR62 Phone: 01 2680180 Email:
[email protected] www.climatecouncil.ie ISBN: 978-1-84095-928-4 © Climate Change Advisory Council 2020 Acknowledgements The Climate Change Advisory Council would like to acknowledge the contributions of the Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Advisory Council; the Secretariat of the Climate Change Advisory Council; Dr. Sabrina Dekker, Dublin City University; Dr. Brian Caulfield, Trinity College Dublin; Dr. Páraic Carroll and Prof. Aoife Ahern, University College Dublin; Dr. Niall Farrell; Claire Lombard; staff and members of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Teagasc and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in the preparation of the Annual Review 2020. The Climate Change Advisory Council would like to thank Bord na Móna, Jonathan Ryan and M.CO for kind permission to use their photographs on the front cover. The Climate Change Advisory Council would like to thank Brendan O’Brien for his contributions during the preparation of this document. The Council would like to thank Leo Duffy and Yellowstone for their design and typesetting of this Review. Image credits Main Image: Clonwhelan Bog, part of the Bord na Móna Raised Bog Restoration Programme, Image courtesy of Bord na Móna. Flood