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Candidates sought for nomination to the EPA Advisory Committee
Monday, 8 April 2019At the request of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Academy is preparing a list of suitable candidates for consideration for nomination for a vacancy on the EPA Advisory Committee.
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.
G&T Tariffs of Climate Science
Thursday, 7 December 2017Rhonda McGovern discusses the recent masterclass “Confronting the Unmentionable – Overcoming the Climate Change Taboo” by Professor Chris Rapley.
What Caused Storm Ophelia?
Wednesday, 25 October 2017Was the exceptional strength of ex-hurricane Ophelia when it hit Ireland on the 16th of October 2017 due to global warming or was it a chance occurrence resulting from natural variability?
Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee Release Expert Statement
Tuesday, 1 August 2017The Academy Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee have launched an expert statement on future storminess.
Information Session on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - 6th Assessment Cycle
Thursday, 27 April 2017The Environmental Protection Agency organised an information session on the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during its 6th Assessment Cycle on 12 April. The event was hosted by the Royal...
Expert Scientific Statement: The Potential of Irish Grassland Soils to Sequester Atmospheric Carbon
Thursday, 5 May 2016Expert Statement on ‘The Potential of Irish Grassland Soils to Sequester Atmospheric Carbon’.