Case Study: Research Policy Interface Thematic Group

Climate Action Plan 2024

Builds on the Climate Action Plan 2023 and sets a course for Ireland’s targets to halve emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero no later than 2050 Climate-Action-Plan-2024-pdf

Academics and Institutional Affiliation:

Energy Policy and Modelling Group, Sustainability Institute, MaREI, University College Cork

Evidence of policy outcome referencing the role of the research:

Yes, page 44 &143 of the Climate Action Plan 2024

Research undertaken that informed or underpinned the policy outcome:

The contributions of UCC modelling was cited in the Research & Innovation chapter of CAP2024. Model outputs from the LEAP model informed the discussion of a number of working groups for the Climate Action Plan 2024.

Key learnings for you from this research-policy bridging process:

Research supports and can drive the implementation of policy

SDGs impacted:

SDG 7 & SDG 13