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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]

Tags: climate column policy

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]

Tags: climate column

Sunk costs in fossil fuel infrastructure could sink us

At a Time of Climate Crisis - The greatest cost of new fossil fuel projects may be the missed opportunity to build clean energy

Posted on April 2, 2025

Irish Times column for April 2025 [Read More]

Tags: climate column

Will falling behind on climate cost Ireland billions?

Inside Politics podcast from the Irish Times, 11th March

Posted on March 11, 2025

I joined the Irish Times Inside Politics podcast to discuss a recent report by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Climate Council, with former Green Party leader and Climate minister Eamon Ryan. [Read More]

Tags: climate policy podcast