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Climate Governance and Fundamental Rights before the Supreme Court
Monday, 22 June 2020On 22 and 23 June 2020 the Supreme Court will hear the appeal in Climate Case Ireland, a challenge to the State’s National Mitigation Plan.[1] This case raises important issues of constitutional law, human rights...
Drought: a risk being overlooked in Ireland?
Tuesday, 2 June 2020The year 2018 revealed the vulnerabilities of Irish society to drought across multiple sectors, particularly water supply, agriculture and ecology. Now, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, another drought is brewing.
Climate, food and health: Critical policy choices in the post-Covid 19 world
Wednesday, 6 May 2020Charting an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will involve difficult choices and trade-offs. Finding the right balance between measures to kick start the economy and policies which require time to...
The IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
Thursday, 27 February 2020Insider perspectives on the 7 August 2019 approval session and key policy messages
EASAC Climate Change and Health Report Presented at Conferences in Ireland
Tuesday, 3 December 2019Professor Pat Goodman was recently invited to present on EASAC’s latest report at two major Irish conferences
‘Hitting the Sweet Spot’: Media Engagement and Potential Behaviour Change
Monday, 21 October 2019Environmental scholars are worried about the lack of public recognition and behaviour change around how serious climate change is for the future of our planet. Why are we not changing our behaviour and how can we...
Extreme Weather Events in Europe
Wednesday, 28 March 2018Ray McGrath, UCD comments on Extreme weather events in Europe in the latest blog from the Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee
BEHAVE! Examining the role of behaviour change in climate change mitigation and adaptation
Thursday, 22 March 2018Professor Anna Davies, TCD, recounts the ‘BEHAVE’ event hosted by Future Earth Ireland in November 2017.
Negative Emissions Technologies, the Paris Agreement and the Irish Case
Tuesday, 6 March 2018Dr Alwynne McGeever, TCD, outlines her briefing paper on the relevance to Ireland of the EASAC Negative Emissions Technology report in the latest blogpost from the Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee.
“The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.” - Benjamin Disraeli
Friday, 22 December 2017Ray McGrath, UCD, on the publication of the IAP Climate Change and Education Statement.