{"id":1791,"date":"2019-05-23T01:01:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T01:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nesc.ie\/?post_type=publications&#038;p=1791"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:17:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:17:42","slug":"climate-change-policy-getting-the-process-right","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/www.nesc.ie\/ga\/publications\/climate-change-policy-getting-the-process-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate-Change Policy: Getting the Process Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a growing consensus that ambitious action is needed if we are to stop climate change. Ireland is ready to do more as evident from the efforts of our children and young people, as well as the Oireachtas Joint Committee\u2019s report and ongoing work to produce an all-of-Government plan. To safeguard our future, protect coming generations, achieve a just transition and meet international obligations, actions have to urgently and continuously deliver results.<br \/>\nThis report focuses on how to combine an ambitious long-term climate change mission with an urgent and active policy process that can discover, try out and support practical actions that reduce carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<h2>Press Release<\/h2>\n<p>To view the Press Release\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesc.ie\/news-events\/press-releases\/nesc-publishes-council-report-147-climate-change-policy-getting-the-process-right\/\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Social Media<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nesc.ie\/assets\/images\/galleries\/Latest-News-Pictures\/twitter-icon.jpg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\u00a0Report Tweets\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;q=%23nescclimatechange&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NescClimateChange<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nesc.ie\/assets\/images\/galleries\/Latest-News-Pictures\/twitter-icon.jpg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\u00a0Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NESCIreland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@nescireland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","publication_type":[79],"research_area":[118],"class_list":["post-1791","publications","type-publications","status-publish","hentry","publication_type-nesc-council-reports","research_area-environment-climate-sustainability","work_programme-climate-change"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Climate-Change Policy: Getting the Process Right - National Economic &amp; Social Council<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nesc.ie\/ga\/publications\/climate-change-policy-getting-the-process-right\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climate-Change Policy: Getting the Process Right - National Economic &amp; Social Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is a growing consensus that ambitious action is needed if we are to stop climate change. 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