Advancing environmental justice
For a peaceful society, a healthy democracy, protection of rights and a just transition.
Who we are
Our work
Environmental Justice Network Ireland promotes strategic collaboration between researchers, civil society, lawyers and communities to address the root causes of environmental and social injustice on the island of Ireland and beyond.
Linking the Irish Environment
Promoting all-island cooperation to respond to shared environmental challenges, risks, and opportunities.
Environmental Democracy
Enhancing climate democracy to deliver a just transition and ensuring legal obligations on climate governance and access to justice are met.
Justice, Rights and Nature
Advocating for a rights-based approach to the protection of nature for the benefit of current and future generations.
All-Island Strategic Legal Exchange
Using the transformative power of the law to address the root causes of environmental and social injustice on the island of Ireland.
Our goals
There are significant barriers to the ability of citizens to access environmental justice on the island of Ireland. These barriers are set against a backdrop of problematic environmental governance, erratic compliance with international environmental legal obligations, a lack of all-island cooperation on environmental challenges & limited progress towards a transition to sustainability.
These issues require agile, evidence-based research, advocacy and action in rapid response to urgent environmental, political & social needs. By confronting politically contentious issues, promoting co-production of research and building connections between diverse stakeholders, EJNI is helping transform the environmental justice landscape on the island of Ireland at a time when meaningful collaboration is vitally important.
Cubic metres of illegal waste in the Mobuoy superdump
Rivers in Ireland falling below good ecological health standards
Source: Rivers Trust
People in energy poverty in Ireland
Source: Threshold
Latest Activity
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