Ireland's first statutory National Adaptation Framework (NAF) was released on January 19th, 2018. The NAF sets out the national strategy to reduce the vulnerability of the country to the negative effects of climate change and to avail of positive impacts. The NAF was developed under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 and succeeds to the NCCAF previously released in 2012.
Ireland's second statutory National Adaptation Framework (NAF) was published by Minister Eamon Ryan TD on 5 June 2024. This latest NAF replaces the first iteration of the framework published in 2018, which was reviewed in 2022 in line with the five-year requirement of the 2015 Climate and Low Carbon Development Act (the Climate Act).
Ireland’s first Statutory National Adaptation Framework (NAF) was published in 2018 and sets out the national strategy to reduce the vulnerability of the country to the negative effects of climate change and to avail of any positive impacts. Twelve key sectors were identified and are required to prepare sectoral adaptation plans.
