Climate Change in Ireland

1,380 indicators covering climate change for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions -0.8% 2024 up 33.4% 176th
CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change 32.98 million tonnes 2024 down 17.9% 90th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change -335,622 tonnes 2024 down 110.2% 158th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita -0.0639 tonnes per person 2024 down 109.0% 142nd
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change 32.98 million tonnes 2024 down 17.9% 90th
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change 6.27 tonnes per person 2024 down 27.2% 47th
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions 0.1% 2024 down 12.9% 84th
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas 8.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 6.6% 59th
Share of global methane emissions 0.2% 2024 down 11.9% 80th
Share of global nitrous oxide emissions 0.3% 2024 down 13.1% 59th
Global warming contributions from fossil fuels and land use 0.001 °C 2024 up 14.7% 79th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources 0.001 °C 2024 up 14.7% 79th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use 0.0001 °C 2024 up 276.4% 146th
Global warming contributions by gas and source 0 °C 2024 up 8.7% 70th
Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region 60.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 9.0% 84th
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,339 kt 2023 down 16.5% 47th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal 0.3706 tonnes per person 2024 down 80.0% 63rd
Annual CO₂ emissions from coal 1.95 million tonnes 2024 down 77.5% 80th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal 891.28 million tonnes 2024 up 6.5% 43rd
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source 0.3706 tonnes per person 2024 down 80.0% 63rd
Incineration — Emissions 27.07 kt 2023 up 3.1% 58th
Incineration — Emissions (CO2eq) 27.07 kt 2023 up 3.1% 58th
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions 27.07 kt 2023 up 3.1% 58th
Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price 92.0% 2025 up 1.2% 2nd
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases 2.49 kt 2023 down 65.1% 72nd
Life expectancy at birth vs. CO₂ emissions per capita 82.41 years 2023 up 1.7% 28th
Rice — Area harvested, per capita 0 ha per person 2023 — 100th
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0 ha per square kilometre 2023 — 100th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 — 100th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — 100th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 — 89th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — 89th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0 t per person 2023 — 100th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square 0 t per square kilometre 2023 — 100th
Food Packaging — Energy Use 2,719 TJ 2023 up 36.3% 54th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 — 93rd
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 — 93rd
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — 93rd
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 — 91st
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 — 91st
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — 91st
Rye — Crop residues 5,856 kg 2050 — 56th
Rye — Crop residues 0.0001 kt 2050 — 55th
Rye — Crop residues 0.0001 kt 2050 — 55th
Rye — Crop residues 0 kt 2050 — 55th
Raw milk of sheep — Production 0 t 2023 — 79th
Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population 100 2022 unchanged 1st
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 19.9% 58th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 60.6% 87th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% 56th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 18.1% 58th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 59.7% 87th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.9% 56th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0.0042 t per person 2023 down 19.9% 58th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per unit 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 down 60.6% 88th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per 0.3239 t per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% 56th
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.6% 42nd
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 61.9% 76th
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% 42nd
Wheat — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 22.6% 42nd