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EPA Climate Change Conference – Registration Open

Registration is now open for the EPA Annual Climate Change Conference 2026 – Ireland’s Climate Ambition: Taking stock and looking to the future.

2026 marks the halfway point in Ireland’s commitments under our 2030 emissions reduction goals. We are experiencing the impacts of extreme weather which have increased in frequency and magnitude due to climate change. Now is the time to assess our progress and consider pathways beyond 2030 towards our objectives of climate neutrality and resilience. As well as setting out the national and international policy context, the EPA Climate Conference 2026 will explore these themes through presentations from experts on the challenges and opportunities across society.

Join us to hear from leaders in key sectors who will provide insights into how they are working towards achieving decarbonised resilience.

We’ll be releasing the full programme and speaker list soon.

📅Weds 27th of May, 9am-4pm

📍Aviva Stadium

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EPA Catchments Unit

Administrator

The EPA Catchments Unit is based in Dublin, and the team is involved with catchment science, chemistry, ecology, hydromorphology, modelling, Geographic Information Systems and planning. We work with the wider EPA, all of our local authorities, the Local Authority Waters and Communities Office, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, and other public bodies and Departments to ensure we have the best available data and information about our catchments.

Who is involved?
Quite simply, everyone in Ireland has a role to play. This can be from something as simple as making sure you don’t pollute your local stream, or a local community working together to establish a Rivers Trust to enhance the rivers and lakes in their area, to a Government Department or Agency helping a Minister implement a new policy to help protect and enhance all our water bodies.

This website has been developed and is maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency, and is a collaboration between the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Local Authority Waters Programme.

Local Authority Waters Programme

The Local Authority Waters Programme coordinates the efforts of local authorities and other public bodies in the implementation of the River Basin Management Plan, and supports local community and stakeholder involvement in managing our natural waters, for everyone’s benefit.

Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA is responsible for coordinating the monitoring, assessment and reporting on the status of our 4,842 water bodies, looking at trends and changes, determining which waterbodies are at risk and what could be causing this, and drafting environmental objectives for each.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Department is responsible for making sure that the right policies, regulations and resources are in place to implement the Water Framework Directive, and developing a River Basin Management Plan and Programme of Measures to protect and restore our waters.