Róisín Moriarty
@roisinmoriarty.com
Climate science and policy for a better, safer, fairer world 🌍🌎🌏
Working on carbon dioxide removal and national pathways to net zero and beyond
Research Fellow @ucc.bsky.social 🇮🇪
https://roisinmoriarty.com/
Working on carbon dioxide removal and national pathways to net zero and beyond
Research Fellow @ucc.bsky.social 🇮🇪
https://roisinmoriarty.com/
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And yet I am told, trees don't belong there.
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And yet I am told, trees don't belong there.
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People across the island of Ireland want clean beaches, pristine lakes and rivers - and both governments are catastrophically failing them
theearthscorr.substack.com/p/opinion-da...
theearthscorr.substack.com/p/opinion-da...
OPINION: Dáil Éireann and Stormont tone deaf on citizen views about farm pollution in our waters
People across the island want clean beaches, pristine lakes and rivers - and both governments are catastrophically failing
theearthscorr.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
People across the island of Ireland want clean beaches, pristine lakes and rivers - and both governments are catastrophically failing them
theearthscorr.substack.com/p/opinion-da...
theearthscorr.substack.com/p/opinion-da...
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The Atlantic between Ireland and Canada, which gives us our mild climate, is behaving strangely & is the only location on the earth's surface that has cooled, write Dr Gerard McCarthy of ICARUS. 🌊
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
Is the Atlantic ocean's "wobble" a warning for Ireland?
The Atlantic between Ireland and Canada, which gives us our mild climate, is behaving strangely and is the only location on the earth's surface that has cooled, write Dr Gerard McCarthy of ICARUS, Dr
www.maynoothuniversity.ie
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Atlantic between Ireland and Canada, which gives us our mild climate, is behaving strangely & is the only location on the earth's surface that has cooled, write Dr Gerard McCarthy of ICARUS. 🌊
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spo...
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Become a 2026 Climate Ambassador
Open to all & you don’t have to be a climate expert
We’re here to support and connect you with your fellow Climate Ambassadors to develop, share and learn from each other’s great ideas and take climate action
To apply:
climateambassador.ie/apply-climat...
Open to all & you don’t have to be a climate expert
We’re here to support and connect you with your fellow Climate Ambassadors to develop, share and learn from each other’s great ideas and take climate action
To apply:
climateambassador.ie/apply-climat...
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Become a 2026 Climate Ambassador
Open to all & you don’t have to be a climate expert
We’re here to support and connect you with your fellow Climate Ambassadors to develop, share and learn from each other’s great ideas and take climate action
To apply:
climateambassador.ie/apply-climat...
Open to all & you don’t have to be a climate expert
We’re here to support and connect you with your fellow Climate Ambassadors to develop, share and learn from each other’s great ideas and take climate action
To apply:
climateambassador.ie/apply-climat...
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the core idea that can radicalize people is so simple:
there is enough.
there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe.
once you accept that there's only one question:
why don't we?
there is enough.
there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe.
once you accept that there's only one question:
why don't we?
July 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
the core idea that can radicalize people is so simple:
there is enough.
there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe.
once you accept that there's only one question:
why don't we?
there is enough.
there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe.
once you accept that there's only one question:
why don't we?
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"Continuing to build more roads to alleviate congestion, especially in a geographically constrained city such as Dublin, is precisely the kind of failed thinking that has resulted in our capital becoming the 10th most congested city in the world."
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Prof Brian Caulfield: Can anything be done to end M50 gridlock?
Motorway is daily inescapable reminder of Dublin’s status as world’s 10th most-congested city
www.irishtimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
"Continuing to build more roads to alleviate congestion, especially in a geographically constrained city such as Dublin, is precisely the kind of failed thinking that has resulted in our capital becoming the 10th most congested city in the world."
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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My attempt to cut through some of the misinformation around farming and water quality as we approach decision time on Ireland’s nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Ireland's lax approach to inspecting farms and enforcing rules
The EU Nitrates Committee meets tomorrow and may extend Ireland's nitrates derogation by up to three years. At the same time we need to protect or restore water quality on a national scale writes ecol...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My attempt to cut through some of the misinformation around farming and water quality as we approach decision time on Ireland’s nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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11. It’s not just that people are wasting their time. "Population concern” also distracts people from things we *can* change. And, in many cases, transfers blame for the huge consumption impacts of wealthy people to Black and Brown people in poorer nations. At worst it’s straight-up racism. 11/12
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
11. It’s not just that people are wasting their time. "Population concern” also distracts people from things we *can* change. And, in many cases, transfers blame for the huge consumption impacts of wealthy people to Black and Brown people in poorer nations. At worst it’s straight-up racism. 11/12
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Rory Rowan has good post up on IG about the response to our co-authored article (with @dondeniamh.bsky.social) in the IT three weeks ago. This is only part of it but touches on just how difficult it is now to have any kind of reasonable, objective discussion about Irish foreign policy at the moment.
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Rory Rowan has good post up on IG about the response to our co-authored article (with @dondeniamh.bsky.social) in the IT three weeks ago. This is only part of it but touches on just how difficult it is now to have any kind of reasonable, objective discussion about Irish foreign policy at the moment.
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Greenhouse gas emissions per capita. The broken grey line is the path required for 2030 targets. Ireland is miles wide of it. The nearest neighbours are crushing it.
#climate
#climate
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita. The broken grey line is the path required for 2030 targets. Ireland is miles wide of it. The nearest neighbours are crushing it.
#climate
#climate
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Ireland's emissions are both a mathematical and a moral issue ... every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
Great points by @hannahdaly.ie on @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social @newstalkfm.bsky.social today, well worth a listen.
#speirgorm #spéirghorm ##climatechange
Great points by @hannahdaly.ie on @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social @newstalkfm.bsky.social today, well worth a listen.
#speirgorm #spéirghorm ##climatechange
Are Ireland's emissions too small to matter?
I had a surprisingly philosophical - and very enjoyable - conversation with Sean Moncrieff on @newstalkfm.bsky.social yesterday.
Listen back here 👇
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social
I had a surprisingly philosophical - and very enjoyable - conversation with Sean Moncrieff on @newstalkfm.bsky.social yesterday.
Listen back here 👇
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
@seanmoncrieff.bsky.social
Is Ireland too small to matter with climate change? | Newstalk
Have a discussion about climate change in Ireland and almost certainly at some point someone will...
www.newstalk.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Ireland's emissions are both a mathematical and a moral issue ... every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
Great points by @hannahdaly.ie on @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social @newstalkfm.bsky.social today, well worth a listen.
#speirgorm #spéirghorm ##climatechange
Great points by @hannahdaly.ie on @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social @newstalkfm.bsky.social today, well worth a listen.
#speirgorm #spéirghorm ##climatechange
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A must read article 👇
'Judicial review isn’t an obstacle — it’s a quality check. When projects meet legal and environmental standards, they proceed. When they don’t, the courts step in. That’s democracy.'
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
'Judicial review isn’t an obstacle — it’s a quality check. When projects meet legal and environmental standards, they proceed. When they don’t, the courts step in. That’s democracy.'
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Fred Logue: Judicial reviews are not the enemy of progress — they are a vital safeguard
Judicial review is a way for ordinary people to ensure that laws protecting their homes, communities and the environment are enforced.
www.independent.ie
December 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A must read article 👇
'Judicial review isn’t an obstacle — it’s a quality check. When projects meet legal and environmental standards, they proceed. When they don’t, the courts step in. That’s democracy.'
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
'Judicial review isn’t an obstacle — it’s a quality check. When projects meet legal and environmental standards, they proceed. When they don’t, the courts step in. That’s democracy.'
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
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I don't, thankfully, suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, but for the sake of my sanity, I do try and avert my brain from considering the worst consequences of the climate crisis too often. One thing that's been hitting recently is how Ireland's weather has changed within my lifetime. 1/3
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I don't, thankfully, suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, but for the sake of my sanity, I do try and avert my brain from considering the worst consequences of the climate crisis too often. One thing that's been hitting recently is how Ireland's weather has changed within my lifetime. 1/3
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Alright English peeps. Where is this? That’s me as a baby and my stylish ma and pa. I googled WG Woods chemist but not getting much joy. Help and reposts appreciated.
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Alright English peeps. Where is this? That’s me as a baby and my stylish ma and pa. I googled WG Woods chemist but not getting much joy. Help and reposts appreciated.
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Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
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A UN Environment Programme satellite watches for super-emitter events of methane (the main component of natural gas and a fast/potent greenhouse gas) and alerts the people responsible. Out of 3,500+ alerts since 2022, UNEP "documented 25 cases of mitigation action."
That's a 0.7% action rate. 🤦
That's a 0.7% action rate. 🤦
Better data driving action on methane emissions, but more work needed
Nairobi, 22 October 2025 – Government and industry responses to UNEP’s more than 3,500 satellite methane alerts climbed from one to 12 per cent in the past year. Nevertheless, action must accelerate t...
www.unep.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A UN Environment Programme satellite watches for super-emitter events of methane (the main component of natural gas and a fast/potent greenhouse gas) and alerts the people responsible. Out of 3,500+ alerts since 2022, UNEP "documented 25 cases of mitigation action."
That's a 0.7% action rate. 🤦
That's a 0.7% action rate. 🤦
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The right thing to do.
Eurovision is finished.
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & Belgium all have withdrawn from 2026 Eurovision due to Israel being allowed to remain in the competition.
RTE also state that they will not broadcast the competition.
Eurovision is finished.
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & Belgium all have withdrawn from 2026 Eurovision due to Israel being allowed to remain in the competition.
RTE also state that they will not broadcast the competition.
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The right thing to do.
Eurovision is finished.
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & Belgium all have withdrawn from 2026 Eurovision due to Israel being allowed to remain in the competition.
RTE also state that they will not broadcast the competition.
Eurovision is finished.
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & Belgium all have withdrawn from 2026 Eurovision due to Israel being allowed to remain in the competition.
RTE also state that they will not broadcast the competition.
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So it seems the claim of 30% increase in judicial review in 2025 was based on the number to 26 June & *a guess* at a number for July to Dec (which wasn’t fact checked & is wrong)
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So it seems the claim of 30% increase in judicial review in 2025 was based on the number to 26 June & *a guess* at a number for July to Dec (which wasn’t fact checked & is wrong)
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
.. & that erroneous claim is the entire justification for govt plan to limit access to the courts #Speirgorm #Planning
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Ireland's green image is largely a fabrication.
That could be turned around in a decade, with enough political and societal will.
That could be turned around in a decade, with enough political and societal will.
Ireland second highest in EU for greenhouse gas emissions per person
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Ireland second highest in EU for greenhouse gas emissions per person
Farming and forestry responsible for 38% of State’s total output of gases linked to climate change
www.irishtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Ireland's green image is largely a fabrication.
That could be turned around in a decade, with enough political and societal will.
That could be turned around in a decade, with enough political and societal will.
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🎙️ Dr Paul Deane @ucc.ie will be our next guest.
We had a great chat with Paul on topics from Irish music, capsule wardrobes and how nice it is to live in climate friendly home.
Coming soon...
#climatechange #climateaction #climatecommunication
@drclarenoone.bsky.social
@roisinmoriarty.com
We had a great chat with Paul on topics from Irish music, capsule wardrobes and how nice it is to live in climate friendly home.
Coming soon...
#climatechange #climateaction #climatecommunication
@drclarenoone.bsky.social
@roisinmoriarty.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🎙️ Dr Paul Deane @ucc.ie will be our next guest.
We had a great chat with Paul on topics from Irish music, capsule wardrobes and how nice it is to live in climate friendly home.
Coming soon...
#climatechange #climateaction #climatecommunication
@drclarenoone.bsky.social
@roisinmoriarty.com
We had a great chat with Paul on topics from Irish music, capsule wardrobes and how nice it is to live in climate friendly home.
Coming soon...
#climatechange #climateaction #climatecommunication
@drclarenoone.bsky.social
@roisinmoriarty.com
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1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
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'These findings “underscore the need for stricter journal policies to screen and retract ghostwritten papers, in order to safeguard science integrity, as well as public health and safety,” Kaurov and @naomioreskes.bsky.social wrote'
Landmark glyphosate safety study retracted for Monsanto ghostwriting, other ethics problems
A scientific study that regulators around the world relied on for decades to justify continued approval of glyphosate was quietly retracted last Friday.
usrtk.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
'These findings “underscore the need for stricter journal policies to screen and retract ghostwritten papers, in order to safeguard science integrity, as well as public health and safety,” Kaurov and @naomioreskes.bsky.social wrote'
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We're at the Mass Climate TD Lobby today in Buswells Hotel. It's hosted by the Stop Climate Chaos and it is a crucial opportunity to meet your TDs face to face and tell them that climate action is important to you.
The event runs to 8pm this evening.
The event runs to 8pm this evening.
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We're at the Mass Climate TD Lobby today in Buswells Hotel. It's hosted by the Stop Climate Chaos and it is a crucial opportunity to meet your TDs face to face and tell them that climate action is important to you.
The event runs to 8pm this evening.
The event runs to 8pm this evening.
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If you want to do something good, donate to the Sameer project - we hear a lot about 'on the ground' aid work but this is the genuine thing. Solidarity and care in struggle.
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1491...
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1491...
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project
"GIVE WARMTH TO GAZA" this Winter season...
chuffed.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you want to do something good, donate to the Sameer project - we hear a lot about 'on the ground' aid work but this is the genuine thing. Solidarity and care in struggle.
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1491...
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1491...
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“Ads for Nike, Superdry and Lacoste have been banned in the UK for misleading consumers about the environmental sustainability credentials of their products.” 🙄
There is no world where we can solve our environmental problems without buying less. That’s the way to be sustainable.
There is no world where we can solve our environmental problems without buying less. That’s the way to be sustainable.
Nike, Superdry and Lacoste ads banned in UK over ‘misleading’ green claims
Advertising watchdog says all three firms misled shoppers by using term ‘sustainable’ in paid-for Google adverts
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“Ads for Nike, Superdry and Lacoste have been banned in the UK for misleading consumers about the environmental sustainability credentials of their products.” 🙄
There is no world where we can solve our environmental problems without buying less. That’s the way to be sustainable.
There is no world where we can solve our environmental problems without buying less. That’s the way to be sustainable.