The Irish Climate Science Forum (ICSF) is the only Irish independent think-tank on climate and energy. Founded in 2016, our committee membership now includes senior Irish and international scientists, engineers and other professions.

Our vision is a sustainable future for Ireland and its people. Our mission is to identify and disseminate the latest objective climate science and energy pragmatism to all with an enquiring mind in the interests of better informing Irish and European policymaking.

The ICSF is self-funded, operates on an entirely voluntary basis, has no vested interests and has no political affiliations. It operates autonomously, enjoying links with the Netherlands-based Climate Intelligence Group, CLINTEL, with its 2000 world’s leading climate scientists and professionals in over 30 countries, as well as with other like-minded realist groups across the globe.

The ICSF has no expensive PR agency and hence relies on its many supporters to spread the word and inform their friends and local politicians of its good news.

How the ICSF Works

The ICSF aims to better inform national climate and energy-related policymaking through arranging lectures at approximately monthly intervals. Since 2020 to end 2025, there have been 44 lectures in Zoom format, all viewable on this website; our lecture invitation list includes Irish and European journalists, media and politicians.

The lecturers are world-leading scientists and engineers, including a Nobel-Laureate. Without exception, these lectures point to low climate sensitivity, without any evidence of a supposed “climate crisis”.

The ICSF also engages in relevant public consultations and submissions to Government and other relevant authorities, advocating climate realism and energy pragmatism.

So what does the ICSF say?

In the sections which follow, we demonstrate that:

  • The latest objective climate science and related observations unequivocally demonstrate that there is no evidence of “climate crisis”; on the contrary, the climate and energy policies emanating from a supposed “climate crisis” are leading Ireland and Europe into economic decline, doing nothing for climate.

  • The proposed “energy transition” to very high levels wind and solar renewables is seriously flawed from both technical and economical viewpoints, warranting instead a counter-intuitive energy policy re-alignment towards conventional generation with LNG storage to keep the lights on.

  • The climate impact of agricultural emissions is negligible and therefore the agricultural sector should be positively further promoted, not curtailed.

  • The gigantic expenditure being dedicated to mitigation initiatives under the Climate Action Plans will have imperceptible impact on climate and may prove to be the biggest waste of money in the history of the State.

  • Modest expenditure on energy efficiency and climate adaptation measures will be far more effective.

Contact Us:

You are welcome to contact ICSF via ICSFcomm@gmail.com or at jim.obrien.csr@gmail.com.

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