Climate change – how Northern Ireland is playing its part
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Climate Heroes
Climate Heroes are going the extra mile to make changes for Nature and for a healthy and prosperous future in Northern Ireland. They’re helping to cut carbon emissions and helping to ease the pressures on Nature.
We all probably know of at least one local Climate Hero and we want to blow their trumpets here, as part of our ‘Northern Ireland Climate Action’ campaign. They all deserve some appreciation and their stories will also help to influence others.
If you have a story to tell, please send it to us, with a few images.
We’ll be publishing all these great stories here and in the week beginning 4th October, we’ll be asking people to vote for their favourite local hero.
There are indeed many Climate Heroes living and working in Northern Ireland and you could well be one of them!
A Climate Hero can be an individual, a business, a community, a farmer or landowner, a family, a council or an organisation who either:
- has a great story to tell, about what they have done or are doing to help nature to thrive and to help tackle climate change or
- has a tried and tested product or a service that is helping others to help nature and to tackle climate change.
Our ‘Climate Heroes’
They will show how their actions are benefiting nature, themselves, their pockets or their bottom lines, whilst also helping to tackle climate change!
The MyNI team wants to feature your Climate Heroes stories here and tell people about them through our social channels.
These stories can be blogs, videos or short articles.
If you have one already made, then that’s perfect!
Please send it to us at [email protected]
Or if you don’t have your story already made, please tell us what you have and we can decide the best way to get it made for this page.
Please tell us what you have to say on the following MyNI social media channels MyNI facebook MyNI twitter MyNI Instagram Farming MyNI Facebook group or by using the hashtags #climateheroes and #niclimateaction
Climate Hero Stories
Translink Launches new #LetsChangeTogether Climate Campaign ahead of COP26
Translink Launches new Climate Campaign under the banner #LetsChangeTogether, calling for organisations and individuals to join with it to make vital changes to achieve net-zero emissions across Northern Ireland.
Ways to help nature thrive
Looking for ideas of how you can help Nature thrive? See how these individuals in Northern Ireland are tackling this at their homes and in
Castle Espie Wetland Centre – from a disused quarry, to a haven for wildlife!
Why do we love and work to protect wetlands and their wildlife at Castle Espie? If rainforests are the lungs of the planet, then wetlands are the blood!” Why places like Castle Espie are vital in the fight against climate change.
Protecting historic places from climate change
Climate change is a threat to the special places we care about in Northern Ireland but the National Trust is adapting to changing weather patterns
GenComm: How Northern Ireland can benefit from Green Hydrogen
Belfast Metropolitan College is the lead partner of an exciting renewable energy project. The GenComm project seeks to make better use of alternative energy sources by demonstrating the use of hydrogen (H2) as a safe, clean and reliable energy storage technology for communities.
Cranswick Country Foods awarded Carbon Neutral specification PAS 2060
Ballymena based Cranswick Country Foods is well on its way to Net Zero by 2040. The site has been awarded the Carbon Neutral specification PAS 2060.
Acorn Farm – I Can Grow project
Over the past year, many of us have become mini climate heroes through growing our own fruit and veg. If you have done this yourself,
Grant for landowners to plant trees on their land
Do you own land that’s half an acre or more in Northern Ireland? Apply for a DAERA grant that covers all costs to plant a woodland or forest on your land.
Translink is a Climate Champion
Translink is a Climate Champion, part of steering group made up of representatives from Business in the Community member organisations that are key to driving action on the climate crisis in Northern Ireland.
Decarbonising the energy supply
Nearly half of the energy we use in Northern Ireland comes from renewable sources. Power NI and SONI share how they are supporting businesses to decarbonise their energy supply.
How NI Water is taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint
NI Water is the largest electricity user in Northern Ireland and the second biggest landowner. Those two statistics mean that NI Water must take their approach to climate change seriously.
NI Case studies on climate action: Encirc
In this webinar, Géraldine Noé, Head of Environment at Business in the Community NI will be joined by Fiacre O’Donnell, Director of Sustainability at Encirc
Climate Heroes – Danske Bank
Acting on the climate crisis is still high on the agenda. Businesses are, now more than ever, expected to play their part to keep the planet liveable.
Ensuring consumers can shop sustainably
Changing consumer habits are going to drive business change within the retail sector. With consumers more aware of how their shopping habits contribute to their carbon footprint, they are demanding change.