Welcome to°Climate Northern Ireland- formerly known as the Northern Ireland Climate Change Impacts Partnership (NICCIP).

The aim of Climate Northern Ireland is to widen the understanding and knowledge of the impacts of climate change within Northern Ireland and the adaptation actions necessary to deal with it.

Adaptation means changing our behaviour to respond to both the projected and current impacts of climate change.

(Source: Adapted from Defra External Website).

  

Northern Ireland needs to meet the challenge that our changing climate is having on our everyday life. Recent extreme events have shown how vulnerable we are to extreme weather events. We can only meet the challenge of meeting the changes to our climate by coming together and commencing climate change adaptation activities and actions together in partnership across Northern Ireland. 


Image provided with kind permission of the Rivers Agency

 

Climate Northern Ireland was established as NICCIP - Northern Ireland Climate Change Impacts Partnership - in March 2007, and launched in 2008, following up a recommendation from the 2007 DOE/Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research report, Preparing for a Changing Climate in Northern Ireland.

  

The partnership changed name to "Climate Northern Ireland" from 01/12/2011 to promote improved engagement with stakeholders.

  

The partnership consists of representatives from central and local government, the business community, the voluntary sector and professional organisations.



Key audiences:

  • Environmental regulators and administrations
  • Government Departments
  • Local authorities
  • Industry, Businesses, Commercial Organisations and representative bodies
  • Voluntary organisations
  • Politicians and Political parties
  • General Public

The photograph above shows some Climate Northern Ireland members at a quarterly meeting held in Grahams Construction Headquarters on the 6th of May 2011 in Hillsborough, Co. Down.

For further information on Climate Northern Ireland, contact info@climatenorthernireland.org.uk


Climate Northern Ireland