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:

• County and City Development Boards and the proposed new environment sub-committees (December 2008);
• Adapting to Climate Change (2008);
• Climate Change and Biodiversity (2008);
• Cap and Share Workshop Outcomes (2008);
• Cap and Share, Phase 1: policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Interim Final Report (May 2008);
• Towards A Sustainable Rural Transport Policy (May 2008);
• Greenhouse gas emissions trading in Europe and Japan workshop outcomes (2008);
• Mobilising Market Based Instruments (2008);
• Freight Transport Policy Workshop Outcomes (2008); 
• Measuring Ireland's Sustainability (2007);
• Policy Instruments (2007);
• Sustainable Consumption & Production – The art of the state, (2007);
• Governance and Sustainability (2007); 
• Education for Sustainable Development (2007);
• Annual Conference Report 2006 (2007);
• Counting What Counts - A Report on Sustainable Development Indicators prepared for Comhar by Enviro Centre, (February 2007);
• NSDS Workshop Outcomes (2007);
• NDP Briefing papers (2006);