Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), Sara McGuckin.
Abstract
This presentation explores Northern Ireland's (NI) environment monitoring and policy landscape. It highlights NI's natural capital monitoring programs, with a particular focus on emissions monitoring for air quality and greenhouse gases. The presentation addresses challenges such as integrating diverse environmental data, creating impactful multi-functional data products, developing robust and repeatable indicators for measuring ecological change, enhancing scientific expertise, and incorporating climate change considerations into environmental strategies. At the same time, it emphasizes opportunities arising from increased public interest, abundant environmental data resources, advancements in technology and modeling, and innovative approaches like Living Labs, which provide collaborative spaces for testing and implementing sustainable solutions.