Ireland's State of the Environment Report 2024

1 Table of Contents Table of Contents Foreword 2 Acknowledgements 4 Abbreviations and Acronyms 7 Executive Summary 9 Chapter 1: Introduction 23 Part 1: Thematic assessment Chapter 2: Air 37 Chapter 3: Environmental Noise 59 Chapter 4: Climate Change 81 Chapter 5: Land 113 Chapter 6: Soil 143 Chapter 7: Nature 159 Chapter 8: Water 191 Chapter 9: The Marine Environment 215 Part 2: Integrated assessment Chapter 10: Environment and Agriculture 243 Chapter 11: Environment and Transport 279 Chapter 12: Environment and Energy 309 Chapter 13: Environment and Industry 335 Chapter 14: Environment, Health and Wellbeing 367 Chapter 15: Circular Economy and Waste 403 Part 3: Policy implementation assessment Chapter 16: Environmental Policy Implementation and Performance 437 Chapter 17: Conclusions 473