List of Selected Publications
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The following list provides an overview of the recommendations by Comhar of
the period 2006-2008:
- Recommendations
to the Department of Transport on the Biofuels Obligation Scheme
(November 2008;
- Recommendations to the Government on the Budget 2009 (2008);
- Recommendations to the Department of Transport,
Sustainable
Travel and Transport Action Plan Comhar Sustainable Development Council
Response to Public Consultation (May 2008);
- Recommendations to the Commission on Taxation (2008);
- Recommendations to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local
Government on the Green Paper on Local Government Reform (2008);
- Biodiversity recommendations to the Department of Environment, Heritage
and Local Government, Conserving
Ireland's Biodiversity, A submission on the Second National Biodiversity
Plan, Biodiversity Forum Briefing Paper (April 2008);
- Recommendations to the Department of Communications Energy and Natural
Resources, Comhar
Response to consultation on National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
(January 2008);
- Submission to the Department of Finance on Budget 2008 (2007);
- Recommendations
to Government for budget (2007);
- Recommendations to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
on the review of the National Sustainable Development Strategy, (September 2007);
- Chairman's Commentary - Adapting to Climate
Change
(August 2007);
- Recommendations to the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local
Government on Communicating Climate Change and the Reduction of Greenhouse
Gas Emissions (2007);
- Comhar SDC Recommendations to the Department of Environment, Heritage
and Local Government on proposed VRT and Motor Tax restructuring to
include CO2-emissions differentiation (2007);
- Recommendations to the Commission on the Green Paper Adapting to Climate
Change (2007);
- Recommendations to the Department of Transport on its new Strategy
Statement in 2007 (2007);
- Recommendations to the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local
Government on its new Strategy Statement in 2007 (2007);
- Submission on OECD Review of the Irish Public Sector (2007);
- Recommendations to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural
Resources on its new Strategy Statement in 2007 (2007);
- Recommendations to the new Government on implementing sustainable
development (2007);
- Recommendations to the Department of Education and Science to the
National Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development (2007);
- Towards
Sustainability in the National Development Plan 2007–2013, (March
2007);
- Recommendations to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage &
Local Government, Communicating
climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,
(February 2007);
- Consultation
on proposed motor tax restructuring to include CO2-emissions
differentiation (February 2007);
- Consultation
on proposed vehicle registration tax restructuring to include
CO2-emissions differentiation (February 2007);
- Recommendations on the
Energy Green Paper “Towards a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland” (December
2006)
- Recommendations on Budget 2007, “Towards Sustainability” in Budget 2007, (November 2006);
- Sustainability
in the National Development Plan 2007-2013 - Capital Investment in key
sectoral areas - Recommendations from Comhar, (October 2006);
- Recommendations to the Department of Finance,
Comhar's
analysis and recommendations on Sustainability in the National Development
Plan 2007-13 (September 2006);
- Recommendations to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local
Government on the review of the National Climate Change Strategy, Ireland’s
Pathway to Kyoto Compliance - Commentary and Recommendations –
Comprising Proposals for Inclusion in a Revised National Climate Change
Strategy, (September 2006);
- Submission to the Environmental Protection Agency on Ireland's Draft
National Allocation Plan for emissions trading for the period 2008-2012
(2006);
- Recommendations to the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local
Government on proposals for a waste regulator (2006);
- Recommendations to the Department of the Communications, Marine and
Natural Resources on the Energy Green Paper (2006).
The following list provides an overview of internal research and commissioned
research on various aspects of sustainable development by Comhar of the
period 2006-2008: