Resources
Roadmap Towards Nature Credits
Submission to the EU Commission. This submission was researched and written by Nazia Naheed Husain (ZWAI member), Sara Guigui (ZWAI member and Board member), Sarisha Harikrishna (ZWAI member), Jack Coffey (ZWAI member and Chairman) and Jack O’Sullivan (ZWAI founder and Vice-chair); with preliminary editing by Orla Coutin Fitzsimons and final editing by Jack O’Sullivan. Thanks…
Submission on the draft National Policy Statement and Roadmap on Circular Textiles
10 July 2025 Here is our submission to Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment in response to the public consultation on the draft National Policy Statement and Roadmap on Circular Textiles. Thank you to our contributing members, Sara Borkent Guigui, Mimi Coutin Fitzsimons, Nazia Naheed Husain and Mary Rafferty for offering your insights and…
Submission on the Draft National Policy Statement and Roadmap on Circular Textiles
Submission to Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment on the draft National Policy Statement and Roadmap on Circular Textiles. This submission was researched and written by our members Sara Borkent Guigui, Nazia Naheed Husain, Myrtille Coutin Fitzsimons and Mary Rafferty, with further research and final editing by Orla Coutin Fitzsimons, Sara Borkent Guigui and…
Submission to EU Commission on a New Policy Initiative and a New Agenda for Cities and Urban Areas
This submission was researched and written by Olena Larionova (ZWAI member),Cormac Forlot (ZWAI member) and Jack O’Sullivan (ZWAI founder and Vice-chair); with additional material by Orla Coutin Fitzsimons (ZWAI Staff) and Pamela Bartley (ZWAI member), and further research and final editing by Jack O’Sullivan. Thanks are due to Dalia Smelstoriūtė-O’Sullivan for assisting with formatting of…
Submission on Proposed EU Carbon Accounting Amendments for the LULUCF Sector
Thanks to our members Myrtille Coutin Fitzsimons, Nazia Naheed Husain and Jack O’Sullivan for your contributions to our recent submission to the European Commission on Proposed Draft Amendments to Delegated Regulation(EU) 2019/1122 for Carbon Accounting in the EU Registry under Regulation (EU) 2018/841 for the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Sector. Read…
Consultation on a Proposed Dalradian Gold Mine Project in the Sperrin Mountains, County Tyrone
Thanks to our contributing members Jack O’Sullivan and Alison Hough for you excellent contributions to this submission!
Aarhus Convention National Implementation Report 2025
Submission by ZWAI to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, in Response to the Public Consultation on the Aarhus Convention National Implementation Report 2025. Special thanks to our members Sara Guigui, Jack O’Sullivan, Alison Hough and Patrick Meighan for your invaluable contributions, without your efforts this submission wouldn’t exist! Editing by Sara Guigui…
Ireland’s Food System: Is it Wasteful?
Thank you to Deirdre Murray in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for hosting us and for facilitating an interesting and hopefully impactful discussion! Presentation by Orla Coutin Fitzsimons and Jack O’Sullivan
EU Oceans Pact – Submission by ZWAI
18th February 2025 Our first submission of 2025 to the EU Oceans Pact emphasises the fundamental role of the ocean in sustaining life on our planet. As Arthur C. Clarke astutely observed, “how inappropriate [it is] to call this planet Earth when clearly it is Ocean.” This perspective aligns with James Lovelock’s vision in Gaia…
Food Waste: Problems & Solutions
Talk given by one of our founding members Jack O’Sullivan at the Green Gather Food Event, organised by Mullingar Climate Action Network in partnership with Westmeath Environmental and Climate Action Network Mullingar Library on the 16 November 2024.
Proposed Additional Measures for Ireland’s Fifth Nitrates Action Programme (NAP)
Submission by ZWAI to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in Response to the Department’s Public Consultation on Draft Proposed Additional Measures for Ireland’s Fifth Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). Thanks to our members Sara Guigui and Jack O’Sullivan for all your efforts in preparing and sending this last minute submission! Without the dedication…
Moving Together – A Strategic Approach to Improving Ireland’s Transport System
We are proud to introduce one of our best submissions yet, which was a collaborative effort with the Waterford Environmental Forum (WEF), inresponse to the public consultation by the Department of Transport on the 21st August 2024. Thank you to everyone involved in contributing! You can check out the great work that WEF are doing…
