News & Events

NESC publishes Research Series paper No.16 Modelling the Zero-Carbon Transition: International Approaches and Lessons for Ireland

25 May 2020
Topic: Economic, Employment, Environment, Sustainable development
Type: News

The Government’s Climate Action Plan and Future Jobs Ireland 2019 included a request for NESC’s advice on how to manage the transition associated with climate change and digital automation. Specifically, how to minimise the impact on any vulnerable workers and sectors, and how to seize opportunities. Government policy is intended to lead the low-carbon transition,…

President Higgins welcomes NESC’s ‘seminal document on the economy, society and a just transition’

15 May 2020
Topic: Economic, Employment
Type: News

In an article written for the Sunday Business Post, April 26th, President Higgins welcomed NESC report No.149, Addressing Employment Vulnerability as Part of a Just Transition in Ireland, read A Uachtarian’s full speech here on president.ie.

NESC publishes Research Series paper No.15 Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland

11 May 2020
Topic: Economic, Employment, Environment, Sustainable development
Type: News

Just transition is a new and emerging topic. It should be kept in mind that we are examining transitions in progress, and that there are no ready-made templates of successful, completed, transitions to a zero-carbon economy. There is a wealth of literature on internationally agreed foundational principles, but few examples of transitions in practice and…

NESC publishes Secretariat Paper No.20 Approaches to Transition

30 April 2020
Topic: Economic, Employment, Environment, Sustainable development
Type: News

This paper is part of the NESC work on transitions and looks in particular at how transitions are approached elsewhere and the range of perspectives at play. The paper reviews the practical tools and conceptual approaches being used to support transition, with particular focus on international experience in managing downside risks that disproportionately affect…

NESC publishes Secretariat Paper No.19: The Transition to a Low-Carbon and More Digital Future: Supporting the Needs of Vulnerable Workers and Enterprises

14 April 2020
Topic: Economic, Employment, Environment, Sustainable development
Type: News

This Secretariat paper provides background analysis that underpins the Council’s report (No.149). The Irish Government asked the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) to examine the specific issue of the vulnerability for workers, firms and sectors caused by the transition to a low-carbon and more digital, automated future, and to provide recommendations. The Council…

NESC publishes Council Report no 149: Addressing Employment Vulnerability as Part of a Just Transition in Ireland

31 March 2020
Type: Press Releases

MEDIA RELEASE Ireland’s Just Transition and Covid-19 How do you manage a transition to a fundamentally new economic future? This question had been the focus of work at the National Economic and Social Council in the months and weeks before Covid-19. The Council’s work a key deliverable in the Government’s Climate Action Plan and Future…

NESC working arrangements during Covid-19

30 March 2020
Type: News

In line with Government guidelines in response to COVID-19, NESC staff are working flexibly at home. Staff will continue to be available via email (firstname.surname@nesc.ie). For Secretariat, Head of Administration and accounts emails click here. General queries should be sent to info@nesc.ie. Our media queries can also be sent to info@nesc.ie The NESC building is…

Knowledge and Policy: Confronting Governance Challenges in the New Decade

7 January 2020
Type: Events

NESC & Maynooth University Department of Sociology Conference Tuesday, 7th January 2020 The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Number Six Kildare Street, Dublin 2 The National Economic and Social Council, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, Maynooth University, hosted a conference to examine how knowledge and policy work together to allow societies…

NESC publishes Council Report 148: Transport-Orientated Development: Assessing Opportunity for Ireland

6 June 2019
Topic: Environment, Transport
Type: Press Releases

MEDIA RELEASE What if urban development made it easier to use public transport, and cycle or walk to work and school? The State must build on the vision set out in Project Ireland 2040 to maximise the number of homes, jobs, public services and amenities which are close to frequent, high-quality transport services. This is…

NESC publishes Council Report 147: Climate-Change Policy: Getting the Process Right

23 May 2019
Topic: Environment, Transport
Type: Press Releases

MEDIA RELEASE ‘Getting the Process Right to Deliver on Climate Change’ There is a growing consensus that ambitious action is needed if we are to stop climate change. Ireland is ready to do more as evident from the efforts of our children and young people, as well as the Oireachtas Joint Committee’s report and ongoing…