Climate Finance and Ireland
In the lead up to COP 30, Dóchas launched its report “Climate Finance and Ireland”, urging Ireland to increase its overall international climate finance contributions to meet its long overdue fair share of the existing global target, to at least €500 million per year in the short term, make a separate and specific commitment to financing the Loss and Damage Fund consistent with its fair share of the global effort needed - and develop a pathway to providing at least €1.5 billion annually from 2030.
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Climate Finance Panel
Climate Finance and Ireland
We launched our Climate Finance paper in October 2025 with a panel who looked at the importance of Ireland pushing the issue at COP 30 in Brazil.
Panelists
- Michael O'Brien Policy Advisor with Trócaire
- Ms. Karol Balfe - CEO of ActionAid Ireland
- Michael McCarthy Flynn Head of Policy and Advocacy at Oxfam Ireland
Sustainable Development in a Time of Climate Crisis
At our 50th anniversary conference, we explored climate adaptation, anticipatory action, and how we can work together towards a just transition.
Panels
Panel 1
What does a just transition look like in the Global South?
Panelists
- Prof. Attiya Waris - UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt, Other International Financial Obligations and Human Rights
- Ms. Karol Balfe - CEO of ActionAid Ireland
- Mr. Zachary Lager - Global Carbon Coordinator at Self Help Africa
- Moderated by Ms. Sadhbh O'Neill, Senior Climate Advisor at Friends of the Earth Ireland
Panel 2
Adapting Humanitarian Action in a Climate Emergency
Panelists
- Dr. Hugo Slim – Senior Research Fellow at Las Casas Institute for Social Justice at the University of Oxford
- Mr. Paul Knox Clarke – Principal of the ADAPT Initiative
- Ms. Nishanie Jayamaha – Co-lead at the Secretariat for the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organisations
- Mr. Maurice Sadlier – Programmes Director at World Vision Ireland
- Moderated by Ms. Réiseal Ní Chéilleachair, Head of International Advocacy at Concern Worldwide