Paul Price
@swimsure.bsky.social
Research: climate change science & policy.
Blog: https://climate-change-and-ireland.ghost.io/
–Adjunct prof. Dublin City University
ORCID: 0000-0002-7995-6712;
–eNGO research & An Taisce member;
MSc. Sus Dev & BSc(Hon) Geology
30 yrs pro carpentry.
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Blog: https://climate-change-and-ireland.ghost.io/
–Adjunct prof. Dublin City University
ORCID: 0000-0002-7995-6712;
–eNGO research & An Taisce member;
MSc. Sus Dev & BSc(Hon) Geology
30 yrs pro carpentry.
🚲 🏊
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
So I turned off AI in Gmail settings.
Now Gmail search does not work.
#Enshittification in action.
(Are there any non-AI email options out there?)
Now Gmail search does not work.
#Enshittification in action.
(Are there any non-AI email options out there?)
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
So I turned off AI in Gmail settings.
Now Gmail search does not work.
#Enshittification in action.
(Are there any non-AI email options out there?)
Now Gmail search does not work.
#Enshittification in action.
(Are there any non-AI email options out there?)
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I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
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Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
www.irishtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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I should add that current projections are for an *exceedance* of IE carbon budget 2 (2026-2030) of 40-60%. It is simply not credible to suggest we can haul that back and *also* expand the data center sector. (Conversely: AI bubble burst and data centre *contraction* could actually help... 😬)
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I should add that current projections are for an *exceedance* of IE carbon budget 2 (2026-2030) of 40-60%. It is simply not credible to suggest we can haul that back and *also* expand the data center sector. (Conversely: AI bubble burst and data centre *contraction* could actually help... 😬)
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However low your expectations are of VdL, she never fails to disappoint. A disaster for the EU, on every level.
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
However low your expectations are of VdL, she never fails to disappoint. A disaster for the EU, on every level.
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In cybersecurity, we talk about social engineering: taking advantage of social norms and human empathy to gain unwarranted access to sensitive systems.
I see this as social engineering at scale, attacking common blind spots in people's psyches in order to consolidate power.
The risk is colossal.
I see this as social engineering at scale, attacking common blind spots in people's psyches in order to consolidate power.
The risk is colossal.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In cybersecurity, we talk about social engineering: taking advantage of social norms and human empathy to gain unwarranted access to sensitive systems.
I see this as social engineering at scale, attacking common blind spots in people's psyches in order to consolidate power.
The risk is colossal.
I see this as social engineering at scale, attacking common blind spots in people's psyches in order to consolidate power.
The risk is colossal.
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It should be our collective priority to bring all #Gaza’s children back to a learning environment after two years of war, trauma, and suffering.
The education system that existed in Gaza, largely run by UNRWA, must be fully re-established.
The education system that existed in Gaza, largely run by UNRWA, must be fully re-established.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
It should be our collective priority to bring all #Gaza’s children back to a learning environment after two years of war, trauma, and suffering.
The education system that existed in Gaza, largely run by UNRWA, must be fully re-established.
The education system that existed in Gaza, largely run by UNRWA, must be fully re-established.
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The hierarchy is clear: 75–85% of emission reductions through 2050 come from using less fossil fuel.
CCS plays a role, but it is strictly secondary, contributing a median of just 15–25%.
Technological neutrality is a political concept, not a scientific one.
2/3
CCS plays a role, but it is strictly secondary, contributing a median of just 15–25%.
Technological neutrality is a political concept, not a scientific one.
2/3
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The hierarchy is clear: 75–85% of emission reductions through 2050 come from using less fossil fuel.
CCS plays a role, but it is strictly secondary, contributing a median of just 15–25%.
Technological neutrality is a political concept, not a scientific one.
2/3
CCS plays a role, but it is strictly secondary, contributing a median of just 15–25%.
Technological neutrality is a political concept, not a scientific one.
2/3
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European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’.
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
share.google/xzTWNuALN6PE...
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
share.google/xzTWNuALN6PE...
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
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November 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’.
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
share.google/xzTWNuALN6PE...
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
share.google/xzTWNuALN6PE...
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Ten years ago at #COP21 Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social was making climate reality very clear :
'It is too late for even a small chance of avoiding 1.5ºC without highly speculative tech, getting lucky with climate sensitivity and immediate global action'
www.antaisce.org/news/report-...
'It is too late for even a small chance of avoiding 1.5ºC without highly speculative tech, getting lucky with climate sensitivity and immediate global action'
www.antaisce.org/news/report-...
Report 9 from #COP21 - Wednesday December 9, 2015
Our ninth from Paul Price, a member of An Taisce's Climate Change Committee. Paul is a conservation carpenter with a MSc in Sustainable Development.
www.antaisce.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Ten years ago at #COP21 Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social was making climate reality very clear :
'It is too late for even a small chance of avoiding 1.5ºC without highly speculative tech, getting lucky with climate sensitivity and immediate global action'
www.antaisce.org/news/report-...
'It is too late for even a small chance of avoiding 1.5ºC without highly speculative tech, getting lucky with climate sensitivity and immediate global action'
www.antaisce.org/news/report-...
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#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#COP30 - “Our elementary school kids are reading textbooks that are more science-based and in line with reality than the [draft] text we have here, where we are supposed to fix this problem” says Juan Carlos Monterrey, climate envoy for Panama
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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I had the enormous honour of participating in this event for President Connolly, organised by An Taisce.
I spoke about the transformative potential of sustainable energy.
My speaking notes are here: hannahdaly.ie/2025-11-19-a...
I spoke about the transformative potential of sustainable energy.
My speaking notes are here: hannahdaly.ie/2025-11-19-a...
Labhair an tUachtarán Connolly tráthnóna inniu ag ócáid a d’eagraigh An Taisce dar teideal: “Léargas ar an athrú aeráide agus a thionchar ar ár leas”
This afternoon, President Catherine Connolly spoke at an event hosted by An Taisce: ‘Snapshots on climate change and its impacts on our welfare’
This afternoon, President Catherine Connolly spoke at an event hosted by An Taisce: ‘Snapshots on climate change and its impacts on our welfare’
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I had the enormous honour of participating in this event for President Connolly, organised by An Taisce.
I spoke about the transformative potential of sustainable energy.
My speaking notes are here: hannahdaly.ie/2025-11-19-a...
I spoke about the transformative potential of sustainable energy.
My speaking notes are here: hannahdaly.ie/2025-11-19-a...
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It's hard to express how problematic non-transposition, and non-implementation of environmental law is. It creates a legal vacuum that means decision makers don't know how to handle planning applications, enforcement agencies can't enforce, and the courts are often called in to plug the gap
The EU Court has found that we have failed to even bring in the laws we’d need to comply with our obligations to combat water pollution.
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's hard to express how problematic non-transposition, and non-implementation of environmental law is. It creates a legal vacuum that means decision makers don't know how to handle planning applications, enforcement agencies can't enforce, and the courts are often called in to plug the gap
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This week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper coming up within the hour on Today FM.
Topics include petrol leaf blowers, Iceland’s AMOC alert, sail-powered cargo ships - and more.
Topics include petrol leaf blowers, Iceland’s AMOC alert, sail-powered cargo ships - and more.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper coming up within the hour on Today FM.
Topics include petrol leaf blowers, Iceland’s AMOC alert, sail-powered cargo ships - and more.
Topics include petrol leaf blowers, Iceland’s AMOC alert, sail-powered cargo ships - and more.
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“As President, I will use my role to foster awareness and inspire action... because tremendous work is being done ...by communities, scientists and activists working for change, and to build … on the real and close connection between Irish people & nature”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, President Connolly says
Figures of possible fines of between €8bn and €26bn for breaching emissions targets ‘incredible’, President says
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“As President, I will use my role to foster awareness and inspire action... because tremendous work is being done ...by communities, scientists and activists working for change, and to build … on the real and close connection between Irish people & nature”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Higher coastal walls & much rock armour are planned to protect Ireland's east coast railway, south from Dublin, against sea level rise. Trouble is, the engineers are only allowing 0.5m SLR by 2070.
As Prof. Richard Alley explains, worst-case is more like >1.0m. So using 0.5m is poor engineering.
As Prof. Richard Alley explains, worst-case is more like >1.0m. So using 0.5m is poor engineering.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Higher coastal walls & much rock armour are planned to protect Ireland's east coast railway, south from Dublin, against sea level rise. Trouble is, the engineers are only allowing 0.5m SLR by 2070.
As Prof. Richard Alley explains, worst-case is more like >1.0m. So using 0.5m is poor engineering.
As Prof. Richard Alley explains, worst-case is more like >1.0m. So using 0.5m is poor engineering.
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"It is hard for sea-level rise to be much less than @ipcc.bsky.social projections and easy to be worse"
"IPCC estimates are surely NOT alarmist, and very easily could be overly optimistic"
- Prof. Richard Alley, @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
#ClimateEmergency
"IPCC estimates are surely NOT alarmist, and very easily could be overly optimistic"
- Prof. Richard Alley, @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
#ClimateEmergency
Dr. Richard Alley Coffee Hour
YouTube video by Penn State Geography
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
"It is hard for sea-level rise to be much less than @ipcc.bsky.social projections and easy to be worse"
"IPCC estimates are surely NOT alarmist, and very easily could be overly optimistic"
- Prof. Richard Alley, @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
#ClimateEmergency
"IPCC estimates are surely NOT alarmist, and very easily could be overly optimistic"
- Prof. Richard Alley, @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
#ClimateEmergency
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Read this interview with @peterthorne.bsky.social to understand how dire the situation is with respect to US science funding. The US has played an outsized role in Earth observations and global coordination, and even if other nations decide to step in, it would take at least a decade to recover.
Without US satellites, 'we go dark', climate monitor tells AFP
US budget cuts risk creating blind spots in Earth monitoring systems that would imperil weather forecasting and climate research for years to come, the deputy chair of a key UN-backed climate monitori...
www.france24.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Read this interview with @peterthorne.bsky.social to understand how dire the situation is with respect to US science funding. The US has played an outsized role in Earth observations and global coordination, and even if other nations decide to step in, it would take at least a decade to recover.
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An absolute honour to be able to host An Uachtarán in Tailors Hall today for this incredible @antaisce.bsky.social event.
Labhair an tUachtarán Connolly tráthnóna inniu ag ócáid a d’eagraigh An Taisce dar teideal: “Léargas ar an athrú aeráide agus a thionchar ar ár leas”
This afternoon, President Catherine Connolly spoke at an event hosted by An Taisce: ‘Snapshots on climate change and its impacts on our welfare’
This afternoon, President Catherine Connolly spoke at an event hosted by An Taisce: ‘Snapshots on climate change and its impacts on our welfare’
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
An absolute honour to be able to host An Uachtarán in Tailors Hall today for this incredible @antaisce.bsky.social event.
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Electricity should be maximum twice the price of gas to make a heat pump a good investment.
Yet still today, many electricity bills include taxes and levies that are far higher than those on gas.
Moving taxes off the electricity bill is a key tool governments have to make heat pumps attractive!
Yet still today, many electricity bills include taxes and levies that are far higher than those on gas.
Moving taxes off the electricity bill is a key tool governments have to make heat pumps attractive!
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Electricity should be maximum twice the price of gas to make a heat pump a good investment.
Yet still today, many electricity bills include taxes and levies that are far higher than those on gas.
Moving taxes off the electricity bill is a key tool governments have to make heat pumps attractive!
Yet still today, many electricity bills include taxes and levies that are far higher than those on gas.
Moving taxes off the electricity bill is a key tool governments have to make heat pumps attractive!
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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A really excellent and informative piece from Dr Kelleher, explaining the reality of the Judicial Review system.
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
www.irishlegal.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A really excellent and informative piece from Dr Kelleher, explaining the reality of the Judicial Review system.