Fashion Revolution Week is an annual campaign that takes place every year in the week surrounding the 24th of April. This date is the anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in…
Government announced the development of a National Demand Management Strategy aims to reduce traffic congestion. Social Justice Ireland welcomes the development of this strategy, which…
Today, April 21st, is Ireland's Earth Overshoot Day for 2023. This is the day when, if everybody lived as we do in Ireland, we will have used all the biological resources that regenerates during the…
The green transition will drive a transformation of local labour markets, with new skills needed, and others becoming redundant. This shift to a sustainable and net-zero economy will result in a…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted surveys of both employers and workers to understand the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the workplace. Here are…
The latest report from the IPCC warns that the pace and scale of climate action are insufficient to tackle climate change. If current trends continue, adverse impacts from human-caused change will…
Ireland faces some critical decisions on climate mitigation and investment in the next seven years. The significant investments and policy change required to meet out national and international…
The Plant Atlas 2020[1] presents the findings of twenty years of research on Irish flora. The findings are stark and mirror the worrying trend of ongoing biodiversity decline in Ireland. According…
Measuring Progress: The Sustainable Progress Index 2023 ranks 14 comparable EU countries based on their delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Written by Prof.…
The contribution of airplane emissions to climate change is well documented. It's time the aviation industry made a contribution to society that more accurately reflects the harm it does while ultimately incentivising individuals to fly less. We estimate, in the first 9 months of 2022, Government could have collected €130 million with the introduction of an aviation tax.
