Northern Ireland resources

Climate

The front cover of the Climate Action Plan for councils in Northern Ireland

Climate Action Plan for councils in Northern Ireland

Download our Climate Action Plan for councils in Northern Ireland, a 43-point plan to tackle the climate and nature emergencies.

Climate Action Plan for councils in Northern Ireland

Download our Climate Action Plan for councils in Northern Ireland, a 43-point plan to tackle the climate and nature emergencies.

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Film: ACT NOW! The race to get a Climate Act for Northern Ireland

People power played a vital role in securing climate change legislation for Northern Ireland. Watch our film about the race to get a Climate Act.

Film: ACT NOW! The race to get a Climate Act for Northern Ireland

People power played a vital role in securing climate change legislation for Northern Ireland. Watch our film about the race to get a Climate Act.

Three wind turbines overlooking a town in Scotland

Submission on the Consultation on the establishment of a Just Transition Commission

Read our submission to the consultation on the establishment of a Just Transition Commission in Northern Ireland.

Submission on the Consultation on the establishment of a Just Transition Commission

Read our submission to the consultation on the establishment of a Just Transition Commission in Northern Ireland.

Nature and environment

image of the Blue Green Algae washed on the shore of Lough Neagh taken during the Summer 2023

Environmental governance and an independent Environmental Protection Agency

Read our briefing on why we need an independent Environmental Protection Agency in Northern Ireland and what this new regulator would look like.

Environmental governance and an independent Environmental Protection Agency

Read our briefing on why we need an independent Environmental Protection Agency in Northern Ireland and what this new regulator would look like.

Hedgehog on green grass

The rights of nature and opportunities for councils in Northern Ireland

Download our briefing on the rights of nature as a concept, how it can help create a healthy and habitable Northern Ireland, and how councils can take action.

The rights of nature and opportunities for councils in Northern Ireland

Download our briefing on the rights of nature as a concept, how it can help create a healthy and habitable Northern Ireland, and how councils can take action.

Broken roads in Glenridding Cumbria 2015 floods

The Lough Beg wetlands and the A6 road

Read our 2017 briefing on the proposal for a section of the A6 motorway to run through the Lough Beg wetlands in Northern Ireland.

The Lough Beg wetlands and the A6 road

Read our 2017 briefing on the proposal for a section of the A6 motorway to run through the Lough Beg wetlands in Northern Ireland.

Big agriculture

A large tractor drives across a field spraying manure on it

Northern Ireland's dirty secret

Read our 2018 report on how ammonia has become a major problem in Northern Ireland due to the expansion of factory farming.

Northern Ireland's dirty secret

Read our 2018 report on how ammonia has become a major problem in Northern Ireland due to the expansion of factory farming.

An enclosed area of brown animal slurry with white farm buildings in the background

Ammonia strategy consultation response

Read our response to the consultation on Northern Ireland's draft ammonia strategy, which highlights the failure of the strategy to adequately reduce ammonia emissions.

Ammonia strategy consultation response

Read our response to the consultation on Northern Ireland's draft ammonia strategy, which highlights the failure of the strategy to adequately reduce ammonia emissions.

Politics

Brown sludge pours out of a pipe onto a shoreline with seagulls stood nearby

Environmental Plans, Principles and Governance: Public Discussion Document

Download our public discussion document on establishing a new paradigm for environmental plans, principles and governance in Northern Ireland.

Environmental Plans, Principles and Governance: Public Discussion Document

Download our public discussion document on establishing a new paradigm for environmental plans, principles and governance in Northern Ireland.

Front cover showing Stormont

Election manifesto asks 2022

Read our manifesto asks for the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Election manifesto asks 2022

Read our manifesto asks for the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Sheep grazing in a field in Northern Ireland

Environment Strategy consultation response

Read our response to the consultation on the draft Environment Strategy for Northern Ireland, arguing that it fails on details and needs to be embedded across all departments.

Environment Strategy consultation response

Read our response to the consultation on the draft Environment Strategy for Northern Ireland, arguing that it fails on details and needs to be embedded across all departments.

Other resources

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Know your rights to protest in Northern Ireland

Read this guide on your right to protest under Northern Ireland law, including what you can and can't do and your rights before, during and after a protest.

Know your rights to protest in Northern Ireland

Read this guide on your right to protest under Northern Ireland law, including what you can and can't do and your rights before, during and after a protest.

An artistic interpretation of global warming showing a painting of the Earth with heat rings emanating from it

KS3 resources: climate justice, hope and action

Use our cross-curricular climate resources for teachers teaching KS3, and download our comprehensive lesson packs including PowerPoints, handouts and lesson plans.

KS3 resources: climate justice, hope and action

Use our cross-curricular climate resources for teachers teaching KS3, and download our comprehensive lesson packs including PowerPoints, handouts and lesson plans.

View of the proposed mining site, near Greencastle

Mining and resistance on the island of Ireland

Read the report, commissioned by the Yes to Life, No to Mining network, on extractive mining and people's resistance to it in Ireland.

Mining and resistance on the island of Ireland

Read the report, commissioned by the Yes to Life, No to Mining network, on extractive mining and people's resistance to it in Ireland.

Watch our Nature's Keepers films

You can find all our other Nature's Keepers films in our YouTube playlist.

Latest press releases

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Gas caverns: N Ireland campaigners win Larne Lough legal challenge

Court decision protects Northern Ireland coastline, marine life and environment

Gas caverns: N Ireland campaigners win Larne Lough legal challenge

Court decision protects Northern Ireland coastline, marine life and environment

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Landmark legal challenge over N Ireland air quality failure

We all have a right to breathe clean air

Landmark legal challenge over N Ireland air quality failure

We all have a right to breathe clean air

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Green light for legal challenge over NI emissions testing scandal

Failure to test diesel car emissions to be heard by High Court

Green light for legal challenge over NI emissions testing scandal

Failure to test diesel car emissions to be heard by High Court

Newsletters

A newsletter front cover

Newsletter spring 2019

Read the 2019 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

Newsletter spring 2019

Read the 2019 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

A newsletter front cover

Newsletter summer 2018

Read the 2018 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

Newsletter summer 2018

Read the 2018 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

A newsletter front cover

Newsletter winter 2017

Read the 2017 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

Newsletter winter 2017

Read the 2017 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

A newsletter front cover

Newsletter winter 2016

Read the winter 2016 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

Newsletter winter 2016

Read the winter 2016 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

A newsletter front cover

Newsletter summer 2016

Read the summer 2016 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

Newsletter summer 2016

Read the summer 2016 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

A newsletter front cover

Newsletter winter 2015

Read the 2015 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

Newsletter winter 2015

Read the 2015 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

A newsletter front cover

Newsletter autumn 2014

Read the 2014 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

Newsletter autumn 2014

Read the 2014 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

A newsletter front cover

Newsletter spring 2013

Read the 2013 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

Newsletter spring 2013

Read the 2013 newsletter from our Northern Ireland team.

Related stories

A large crowd stands outside Stormont with big letters saying "Net Zero Now"

Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland

Published: 24 Jan 2021

Learn about the biggest environment stories in Northern Ireland. And help us win on issues like protecting nature, boosting the number of low-carbon jobs and tackling climate change.

Northern Ireland

An aerial photo of river in between fields. The river is a very unusual and unsettling blue-green colour.

Why is Lough Neagh dying?
Northern Ireland’s most precious wildlife site is facing disaster

Published: 02 Feb 2024

Find out why Northern Ireland's jewel, Lough Neagh is under threat and how people from all over the country are rising up to protect this precious habitat.

Northern Ireland

A group of people on a beach with No Gas Cavern signs

No Gas Caverns legal win: protecting Larne Lough

Published: 27 Jun 2024 | Last updated: 10 Jan 2025 | 3 minute read

Together with the No Gas Caverns campaign group, we stopped huge gas storage caves being mined under Larne Lough, a stunning marine protected area. Read about the Larne Lough case.

Northern Ireland