Climate Change & Sustainable Development

NESC has integrated sustainable development research with its core work programme to foster synergies and collaboration across environmental, social and economic sustainable development. We receive annual research funding from the Department of Environment, Climate Action and Communications.

Some of our previous and most significant research in this area includes the following:

• Natural Capital Accounting
• Just Transition in Ireland
• Shared Island Project
• Place-based research

Other recently completed work includes:

• Projects focused on strengthening sustainability and resilience in cities and rural communities.
• Perspectives on microgeneration by visiting MISTRAL researcher Senni Määttä.
• Energy Transition Pathways by visiting MISTRAL research Alex Miller.
• Framing and driving policy action, including work on climate policy and just transition. NESC hosted the EEAC Annual Conference in October 2020.