Conor McNally
@conormcnally.bsky.social
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Climate communications | Communications Manager, @granthamicl.bsky.social | Former journalist | 🇮🇪 in London | Views my own
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@conormcnally.bsky.social
· Sep 17
📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵
Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
Conor McNally
@conormcnally.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien: we can grow Dublin Airport ‘sustainably’ from 36m to 60m passengers.
Mary Wilson: What about climate, have you run the numbers on emissions?
Minister: No question there will be an increase, SAF exists, planes more technologically advanced now…
#SpeirGorm
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Mary Wilson: What about climate, have you run the numbers on emissions?
Minister: No question there will be an increase, SAF exists, planes more technologically advanced now…
#SpeirGorm
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🌍📜 Licensing and subsidising fossil fuels can now "constitute internationally wrongful acts,” write Dr @frediotto.bsky.social and Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie.
Read their commentary on why The ICJ's new advisory marks a turning point for climate accountability: ow.ly/7aix50WvkuM
Read their commentary on why The ICJ's new advisory marks a turning point for climate accountability: ow.ly/7aix50WvkuM
The ICJ’s climate ruling goes far beyond legal battles between small states and big polluters
Written by Professor Friederike Otto, Professor in Climate Science at the Centre for Environmental Policy and Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Research Fellow at Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London. O...
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@conormcnally.bsky.social
· Jul 23
⚖️Climate litigation is entering a new era 🌏
Thanks to attribution science, courts now have the tools to link climate impacts, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat to major polluters — and assign legal responsibility. 🧵
📒 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
Thanks to attribution science, courts now have the tools to link climate impacts, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat to major polluters — and assign legal responsibility. 🧵
📒 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
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@conormcnally.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Why do we pretend heatwaves are fun – and ignore the brutal, burning reality? | Zoe Williams
Why do we pretend heatwaves are fun – and ignore the brutal, burning reality? | Zoe Williams
The heatwave media formula is still extravagantly weird: all stock photos of ice-creams and suns with their hats on. It is time we recognised this extreme weather for exactly what it is, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
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💡 Spotlight | This week, Carbon Brief visits Mumbai’s official monsoon monitoring centre and “war room” to examine how the city is responding to its earliest downpour on record.
Read spotlight here: buff.ly/MXgAwGC
Read spotlight here: buff.ly/MXgAwGC
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Joeri Rogelj
@joerirogelj.bsky.social
· Jun 23
The pursuit of 1.5°C endures as a legal and ethical imperative in a changing world
As the world nears 1.5°C of global warming, near-term emissions reductions and adequate adaptation become ever more important to ensure a safe and livable planet for present and future generations
www.science.org
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@conormcnally.bsky.social
· May 28
⚖️History made!
In a landmark case, a German court today confirmed that corporate emitters can be held liable for their contribution to climate impacts.
The Grantham Institute’s Dr Noah Walker-Crawford was in Hamm to hear the verdict 👇
In a landmark case, a German court today confirmed that corporate emitters can be held liable for their contribution to climate impacts.
The Grantham Institute’s Dr Noah Walker-Crawford was in Hamm to hear the verdict 👇
