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Ireland’s Climate Action Plan 03 December 2019 All of Government Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown
Ireland’s Climate Action Plan
03 December 2019
All of Government Action Plan to Tackle
Climate Breakdown
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2 An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine2 An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Key findings:
• Oceans are warming at all depths
• Rate of sea level rise is increasing
• Geographical shift of species is being observed
• Marine heat waves increasing in frequency & severity
• Ocean acidification is increasing
IPCC Special Report on the Ocean
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3 An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine3 An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
• Launched by Government June 2019
• Major programme of change
• Central priority
183 actions Ireland needs to implement
• Move to 70% renewable electricity by 2030
➢ Offshore renewable energy targets
➢ Role of MSP in successful delivery
Climate Action Plan 2019
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16 Actions – Key: Embed, upskill, build resilience
6 Seafood illustrative case studies
Getting the message out there
- SFPA Breakfast Events, Seafest, Skipper Expo
- National Inshore Fisheries Forum meetings
Collaboration – Industry, Government, Research
Institutions, Regulators
Action 181: Sectoral Adaptation Plan
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Seafood Climate Adaptation Case StudiesExploring the impacts and adaptation actions
Ocean Plankton
Harmful Algal
Blooms
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Seafood Climate Adaptation Case StudiesExploring the impacts and adaptation actions
Changing Fish Stock
Distributions
Ocean Acidification
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Seafood Climate Adaptation Case StudiesExploring the impacts and adaptation actions
“In the 38 years I’ve been working
here, the road would have flooded
twice a year.
Now it floods much more often”
“” “The change in weather has been
affecting the seed – we have had very
little this year”
Linking Art & Science
Roisin Cure (Ireland)
March 2019
Ink Sketches and
Watercolour
Ecosystem Goods and
Services
The Impacts of Climate
Change
Cathy Bacon (Ireland)
March 2019
Oil on Canvas
Impacts of Climate Change
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Seafood Climate Adaptation Case Studies
Seafood
Infrastructure
Castletownbere FHC with proposed breakwaters
Cape Clear Harbour with new gates & pontoons Innovations at Dingle Fishery Harbour Centre – Sea Bin & Water Refill Station
