Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report. A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product (GDP), the researchers found, a far higher estimate than that of previous analyses.⁦ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

“The antidote to doom is doing” | My commentary with Prof. Katharine Hayhoe in today’s Financial Times (no paywall): sustainableviews.com/the-antidote-t…

A quarter of the #airpollution health burden from India's coal power plants comes from units that generate just 3% of country’s electricity.

My latest piece for The Guardian on research from Stanford University. Quotes from @dukeu & CEEW

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It is possible to improve air quality; cities can fight air pollution and protect health. World Health Organization (WHO)
It is not easy and requires courage. Listen to the powerful intervention of Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan.Pontifical Academy Life #Breathelife2030 Our Common Air C40 Cities COP29 AZ

Record rainfall levels in July and storms in August 2023 resulted in more beach closures to protect public health. These rainfall events highlighted the need to build climate resilience into the effective management of our bathing waters. Read more:bit.ly/4dIi7Ey

Let's learn more about #biogas research and success stories from the UK with Prof. Jerry D Murphy

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Prof Conor Murphy Conor Murphy
All medium to long-term planning should incorporate adaption now…but we need a step change in urgency. …We have as much info to act upon now as we will ever have. #EPAClimate2024

“Climate change: adapting to avoid the prisoner’s emissions dilemma” – read remarks by Gabriel Makhlouf at the EPA Ireland Annual Climate Change Conference 2024 taking place at Dublin Castle. #EPAClimate2024 centralbank.ie/news/article/s…

Delighted to speak with David McCullagh on RTÉ News last night about the challenges facing Ireland as we seeks to accelerate renewables growth and energy transition.

Wind energy in Ireland grew by only 4% in 2023, due to an effectively 'stalled' planning system that needs resourcing.

Colleagues in Ireland are hunting for missing historical weather observations, with a focus on those taken at lighthouses in the 19th century. Great Britain has also lost its early lighthouse weather records.

Can anyone help us? #archives

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« Breathing and cooking are essential for life.
 
And yet for millions of people, they are a cause of disease and death, from stroke, cancer and asthma »

World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that every year, 3.2 million people die from household air pollution ». Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at International Energy Agency Fatih Birol

Lots of fun in #Salthill last Sunday for #BikeWeek2024 .

Plenty more events this week in Galway city and county.

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Can we fully decarbonise aviation?

Our latest @MaREI UCC Ireland paper in collaboration with Queen's University Belfast 🎓 & Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway examines whether we can reach #netzero in aviation through use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel ( #SAF ) & Direct Air Carbon Capture ( #DAC )
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The Climate Change Advisory Council's Climate Change Advisory Council Ireland statutory review of climate action under the climate law used to be one MASSIVE review each year. I'm thrilled we are now releasing individual chapters each month, starting today with Electricity:

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Eimear Cotter Dr Shane Timmons presenting on the findings of new Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) research
on What is preventing individual climate action?

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#ClimateActionNow #behaviourchange

On Friday, the High Court told the government for the second time to rewrite its failing plan to reach net zero. That same day, it handed out 31 exploration and drilling licences to oil and gas companies. goodlaw.social/iw3e

New research by Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Shane Timmons shows more work needs to be done to help people understand how what they choose to eat affects #climatechange .

I'll be on Newstalk Breakfast NewstalkFM to discuss

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The Study.

Happy 98th birthday to the one and only David Attenborough. He has been speaking plainly & forcefully on the global #ClimatEmergency for two decades, during which time the situation has deteriorated even faster than he feared.

“over 40 million people have died of air pollution since I became special rapporteur in 2018, yet I just can’t get people to care..

I can’t get people to bat an eyelash”