Climate Change

18 Dec, 2023 - The Institute recently responded to a public consultation on Northern Ireland’s 2030 & 2040 Emissions Reduction Targets, Carbon Budgets, and the Climate Change Committee Advice Report: 'The path…
3 Aug, 2023 - In this blog, Dr Jenny Mack examines Ireland’s new Clean Air Strategy, which could see the development of a Clean Air Act next year, and explores if the new strategy goes far enough to protect public…
13 Jun, 2023 - On 17 May, Dr Jenny Mack, a public health consultant with the Institute of Public Health, gave a presentation to the annual Environment, Health and Wellbeing Conference, hosted by the Environmental…
30 Jan, 2023 - Following on from the recent Joint Public Health Conference, we are delighted to share a short video featuring highlights and key messages from this online event.The one-day Healthy Planet, Healthy…
6 Jan, 2023 - Human health needs to be at the heart of our response to the unfolding climate crisis if we are to succeed in limiting the significant…
6 Jan, 2023 - Climate change is the single greatest challenge of the 21st century, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It is not…
28 Nov, 2022 - This week a major all-island conference will highlight the impacts of climate change on population health in Ireland and Northern Ireland and the need to put health at the heart of our response. On…
15 Jul, 2022 - ‘Climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century, but it is also the greatest opportunity to redefine the social and environmental determinants of health’The…
18 May, 2022 - To mark European Public Health Week, Dr Jenny Mack, IPH Public Health Development Officer, explores the link between climate change and health in this blog about ‘Health, wealth and our planet’.…
1 Feb, 2022 - This InBrief summarises the main recommendations made by the Institute of Public Health in a recent submission on the Northern Ireland…
4 Nov, 2021 - In this blog IPH Public Health Development Officer, Dr Jenny Mack, explores the relationship between climate change and public health and outlines the Institute’s recent consultation response on the…
4 Nov, 2021 - The eyes of the world are currently focused on Glasgow for COP-26, the global climate change summit. The United Nations (UN) Conference…
26 Feb, 2021 - The Institute of Public Health responded to a consultation on a discussion paper on Environmental Plans, Principles and Governance for…
10 Dec, 2020 - The Institute of Public Health has responded to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Environmental Plans,…
19 Nov, 2019 - The Department of Health (DoH) in the Republic of Ireland has identified six climate scenarios with profound health implications.…
10 Feb, 2017 - IPH welcomed the opportunity to respond to the NI Department for Infrastructure on the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)…
18 Feb, 2016 - Public health services in Ireland, North and South, are committed to addressing inequalities in health on the island of Ireland. This…
6 Dec, 2014 - This study aimed to assess the relationship between cold temperature and daily mortality in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern…
11 Apr, 2011 - The remit of the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) is to promote cooperation for public health between Northern Ireland and…