DC&SDC_Supplementary Information Document

Area
Strategy/ Policy
/ Legislation/
Document Title
Organization/
Department/
Agency
Relevant Statement(s)
Northern
Ireland
• The Executive should bring forward a Climate Change Act to
give environmental targets a strong legal underpinning.
• The Executive will establish an Independent Environmental
Protection Agency to oversee this work and ensure targets are
met.
• The Economic Strategy will support clean and inclusive growth
and create jobs as part of a Green New Deal.
• The Executive will create a plan to eliminate plastic pollution.
• RHI will be closed down and replaced by a scheme that
effectively cuts carbon emissions
Northern
Ireland Climate
Change
Adaptation
Programme
2019-2024
Department
for Agriculture,
Environment &
Rural Affairs
Aim
‘A resilient Northern Ireland which will take timely and wellinformed
decisions to address the socio-economic and
environmental impacts of climate change’.
Key objectives
> Fulfilment of statutory duties including production of an
adaptation programme
> Working in partnership to strengthen and develop policies,
strategies and actions which will cope with the risks and exploit
the opportunities identified by the NI Evidence Report;
> Raise awareness of the likely effects of climate change,
promoting climate change dialogue, networking and action;
30 Climate Change Adaptation Plan