The Taoiseach is telling world leaders at COP30 that they need to speak honestly to the public about climate change. Meanwhile his government is sitting on the land use review because he has no intention of telling farmers about the scale of change needed share.google/7UFl4nDNHxip...

Resisting GenAI and big tech in higher education. Join the conversation 25 November REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/4qE27dB co-sponsored by the @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social and the Campus Climate Network

TALK: From the Bog to the Cloud: A Critical Conversation on Ireland’s Green Transition. Join a thought-provoking evening with the authors. How does Ireland’s green transition intersect with monopoly tech, digital infrastructure, and postcolonial politics? www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

This is a great little film and features #attribution science that @peterthorne.bsky.social spoke about in Ep 1 #losses&damages #climatejustice www.youtube.com/watch?si=Sui...

Why is the Government playing chicken with Europe on climate? My latest for the Irish Times. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

"Here is the graph, which is so wild, the climate scientist had to call a colleague & check it" It is true actually! In the Global Carbon Budget we do not usually show the LUC like this, because of interannual variability & uncertainty. But it is what the data says! politiken.dk/klima/art106...

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

🎬 With #COP30 just days away, we’re delighted to share our new film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage. Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇 youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...

Today is my birthday. 48. Is that old? Well, it's the oldest I've ever been. Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.

3. If you're anxious about speaking Irish in a group, 90% of questions can be answered with "seans!". But you will have to make an effort eventually. Sorry! 4. If you're at a funeral "I'm sorry for your loss" is a perfectly fine thing to say. The family aren't marking people on originality.

So lets take stronger action to cut SLCPs; lets just not do it in a framework that allows more CO2 emissions. Because ultimately its CO2 that is driving long-term warming of the climate system. SLCP's alone cannot credibly neutralize CO2 emissions; they need to be coupled with future carbon removal.

There has been a lot of recent interest in mitigating "super pollutants", short-lived climate pollutants like methane and refrigerants. We should cut emissions, but using them as carbon offsets risks breaking the math of net zero: www.theclimatebrink....

😢 "Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"

There are plenty people like this. Remember it takes a lot of effort to become really good at something, but almost no effort at all, to be a good person. People just need to be reminded sometimes.

How can we rebuild the political consensus on environmental action? Today we're bringing together leaders from politics, business and civil society to explore this question and chart a path forward. 🧵 We'll be posting live updates from our panels and keynotes right here, so stay tuned. #GAevent

Protected bike lanes, cameras on traffic lights, some inforcment re people on phones while driving, speeding etc...would be a start. This is preventable, it is just not a priority for policymakers.

Thanks Róisín, I'm finding delving into this area is very revealing! Some of what's in my bit of the chat is similar to what's in this new-ish article I wrote - but I have a feeling we'll be going very live, me and Rupa! www.arc2020.eu/why-is-the-l...

Are you interested in the connections between farming, health #climatechange #poverty and #colonialism? Join @olliemoore.bsky.social & @rupamarya.bsky.social at the Cork Film Festival (Sun 16 Nov) for 'Farming is Medicine' and a chat afterwards corkfilmfest.org/events/farmi...

One million olive trees now gone from Gaza due to Israeli actions substack.com/@dropsitenew...

If you're in Cork this weekend, consider checking out a screening of the movie "Climate in Therapy" at the Cork Film Festival. corkfilmfest.org/events/clima...

Every MP now has a personal video invitation to the National Emergency Briefing. This is about ensuring all policymakers are fully informed. Find and send your MP’s invite: #neb #timetostepup #NationalEmergencyBriefing docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“Aviation greenhouse gas emissions amount to around 10% of Ireland’s total and have increased 500% since 1990, while the population grew just 44%.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

There's a big old end fossil power climate chaos demo on the 15th November, part of a larger global demo movement, and I can't make it, but what say if you're free and around you go along yourselves? #speirgorm

#SpéirGorm Story from Journal.ie

It's upsetting to see a chart like this. A radical overhaul of Ireland's approach to road safety is needed, centred on education, enforcement, and design #spéirgorm

Wow the IT actually printed my letter #speirghorm

Immigration is NOT the cause of all our problems, and allowing that argument to become the focus of political debate means that racists are creating an imaginary enemy that you’re agreeing to fight. How do you fight someone else’s imaginary enemy? #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm

Lots of thought provoking contributions, this one from the @bfcdublin.bsky.social especially. How do we address the consequences of the 'Cheap Food Model' during a 'Cost of Living Crisis' - rebuilding community wealth with co-ops as the vehicle.

Join us at the National Climate March! We’ll be marching for climate justice, urging the Government to put people before big polluters ✊ Learn more ➡️https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/lets-march-to-put-people-before-polluters/ 🧵1/

‘Inequality is damaging our society, so you can’t act on the climate crisis and ignore inequality. For us, it’s about combining community and wellbeing with climate action.” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr... @uplift.ie

This is insane -- 'According to the report, the top 0.1% in Ireland have an average carbon footprint of 286 tonnes of CO₂ per person per year — more than 100 times Ireland’s 2030 target of 2.5 tonnes per person.'

A *coal ship* named #ClimateJustice… They are literally laughing at us as we burn, drown, and starve. We are truly in the darkest timeline. (The name? The ship has an emissions scrubber, so it pollutes *slightly* less, & the fleet it is part of *sometimes* uses #biofuel) #Greenwashing #ClimateCrisis

Ireland's wealthiest households create significantly more carbon emissions than lower-earners, according to a new report from Oxfam Ireland. jrnl.ie/6859962

It's terrifying to see how our politicians are so unwilling to listen to the science and experiences from other countries. A 30km/h default urban speed limit is a win-win for all!

‪Over the weekend our letter, in response to John FitzGerald's article earlier last week, was published in the @irishtimes.com We corrected several incorrect claims that were made in the article. with @hannahdaly.ie @colmduff.bsky.social David Styles www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

We are so far from the Dunnes Stores workers in the 1980s who refused to handle South African produce. Today, Ireland is financial and digital services host to all the major US tech companies that profit from Israeli genocide and apartheid. That is what needs boycotting.

The tech bro oligarchs are all singing off the same hymn sheet. These are smart people who know the catastrophic suffering that will result from climate breakdown but they also know their empire of wealth will leave them totally unaffected. www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...

"If Europe’s institutions allow this shift to continue, they will not just lose civil society, they will privatise accountability itself, and with it, the credibility of European democracy and governing capacity. Democracies rarely fall by force; they erode through complacency."

A brilliant, poignant letter from by our very own Dr Caoimhe Clarke in The Irish Times this morning! #ActiveTravel #ActiveTransport

I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

I've completed an analysis of the spoiled voter in the link below. This is a voter who will invariably come into play in the future. kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...

I can think of at least seven ways fossil fuel producers could wiggle out of this, but still: holy shit this is huge.

New poll shows public want energy prioritised for housing and essential services, not data centres. People see data centre growth as threat to Ireland’s energy and water supplies, and ecosystems, and want Big Tech to be regulated www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/new-pol...

Nudging makes it sound so easy. Apparently it's not. "People living in countries with opt-out systems perceive organ supply as sufficient, and are consequently less willing to become living donors." Net effect: fewer organs available, not more.

... you the system has to be changed, the immediate question to ask is - who, exactly, is being excluded? If the answer is those who until recently held the monopoly of power, or racists and fascists who do not believe in equal rights, then the system is working perfectly and should be left alone.

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Just another day in a world above 1.5C planetary warming in only 160 years. It’s hard to even fathom what 2C warming will look like in 10-15 years. Is there a man on fire emoji? #Melissa