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Election 2024 - how do party manifestos stack up on climate commitments?

Some personal reflections on the upcoming Irish general election, and a plea

Posted on November 26, 2024

How do party manifestos signal the possible shape of climate action in the next government? [Read More]

Tags: election climate blog

Implications of accelerated and delayed climate action for Ireland’s energy transition under carbon budgets

New journal paper to support carbon budgets analysis

Posted on November 11, 2024

My team published a significant new paper which analyses the implications of overshooting carbon budgets in Ireland. Below I replicate our press release, which was picked up by the Irish Times this morning. [Read More]

Tags: paper climate blog carbon budgets CCAC

Election 2024 - Will parties stand firm on the climate law?

At a Time of Climate Crisis - Political parties need to spell out how they’ll uphold and strengthen Ireland’s carbon budgets

Posted on November 4, 2024

Irish Times, November 7th 2024 - link [Read More]

Tags: climate column politics

Unfettered data centre growth works against Ireland's climate obligations

I estimate that CPPAs have only met 16 per cent of new data centre demand growth since 2020

Posted on October 18, 2024

Link to LinkedIn thread [Read More]

Tags: blog data centres

The perils of leading by example

At a Time of Climate Crisis - Personal actions matter, especially among leaders

Posted on October 1, 2024

Irish Times, October 3rd 2024 - link [Read More]

Tags: climate column