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Watch Jennifer McElwain MRIA explore past climates, atmospheres and landscapes with fossil plants to inform a sustainable future in the second of the Royal Irish Academy's Sustainability Series of public lectures.
New knowledge partnerships needed to address sustainability challenges
Wednesday, 18 May 2022How academics, members of the public and policy makers can work together to research solutions to climate change challenges. Find out more in this blog by Dr Paul Bolger, UCC.
Watch: Selling Planet Earth: re-purposing geoscience for sustainable human wellbeing
Tuesday, 5 April 2022If you missed the first lecture in our Sustainability Lecture series: Challenges and Opportunities for Science in Society you can watch it now.
RIA Multidisciplinary Committees
Friday, 18 February 2022Deadline extended to midnight, 27 February for applications for new members of multidisciplinary committees for the 2022 to 2026 term.
RIA White Paper, 'Better together: Knowledge co-production for a sustainable society'
Tuesday, 11 January 2022The RIA white paper, ‘Better together: Knowledge co-production for a sustainable society’, provides an overview of knowledge co-production for sustainability and environmental research in Ireland; highlights the...
Watch Ireland's Grasslands and Carbon
Tuesday, 14 December 2021In the sixth in this series of Climate Conversations held on 24 November 2021, Professor Matthew Saunders gave a talk on Ireland's Grasslands and Carbon.
Symposium exploring how the Irish research system can increase the impact of sustainability research through co-production of knowledge
Watch Peatlands: a climate solution
Thursday, 10 June 2021In the fifth in this series of Climate Conversations, Dr Florence Renou-Wilson discussed the role Irish peatlands can play in climate mitigation.
Water is a public health issue
Thursday, 13 May 2021Availability of a secure supply of clean water is a necessity that comes at a high cost, but has an as yet unrealised value. Find out more in this blog by Professor Fiona Regan, DCU.
What is Ireland doing on climate change?
Thursday, 29 April 2021RIA author John Sweeney reflects on climate and society in modern Ireland in the latest issue of Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.