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Why ‘No Additional Warming’ Is a Dangerous Climate Loophole

At a Time of Climate Crisis - GWP* risks backsliding for methane-intensive sectors

Posted on September 4, 2025

Why ‘No Additional Warming’ Is a Dangerous Climate Loophole [Read More]

Tags: climate column policy

From Turf Fires to Tomorrow - A Local History of Climate, and What We Do Next

Article for the Macroom Historical Society

Posted on September 1, 2025

When I think about climate change, I don’t begin with melting glaciers or distant conferences. I think about my grandfather, who left the cement factory in Limerick in the 1970s to become a self-employed plumber. The oil shocks had pushed Ireland to diversify how we powered and heated our lives.... [Read More]

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Overshooting 1.5 degrees - What happens now?

At a Time of Climate Crisis - Focusing solely on the feasibility of 1.5 risks paralysis; instead, debate should centre on how to reduce warming and prepare for large-scale carbon drawdown

Posted on July 3, 2025

Irish Times Column, July 3rd 2025 [Read More]

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New batteries based on rusting will help make Ireland’s energy secure and low carbon

At a Time of Climate Crisis - A pioneering Donegal project shows how long-duration energy storage will play a role in Ireland’s clean energy futuredrawdown

Posted on June 2, 2025

### Irish Times column for June 2025 One of Ireland’s most exciting and important energy projects is quietly being developed at a remote outpost in Donegal, not far from Malin head. FuturEnergy Ireland, a joint venture between Coillte and ESB, has been granted planning permission to build Europe’s first iron-air... [Read More]

Tags: climate column energy LDES storage

Weakening corporate climate pledges is a symptom of waning momentum

At a Time of Climate Crisis - Promises are easy to make but harder to keep

Posted on May 2, 2025

Irish Times column for May 2025 [Read More]

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