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Season Finale! A big thanks to all our listeners and wishing you all a happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas season and new year -- see you in 2024!
Cop28 finished with a standing ovation, but what was really achieved? Ciara, Darragh and Anna take a look at reactions to fossil fuels being mentioned in a COP agreement for the first time. Darragh dusts off his analogies and even Ciara tries a sporting analogy (we're not sure what sport though).
Here in Ireland, the Dail passed a motion calling on Ireland to support the Fossil Fuels Non Proliferation treaty (nepotism alert here, the motion was sponsored by Thomas Pringle, TD).
And as always, we finish off with some festive actions:
Join a rally for Palestine happening around the country this Saturday (and other days too), details on the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign website.
Ciara recommends abandoning the tat and gifting people wholesome experiences this Christmas. She's offering a walk in the woods with herself.
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Ciara, Darragh and Anna are delighted to welcome Eoin Galavan back to do our news roundup with us.
Eoin Galavan is a clinical psychologist and one of the founding members of the Psychological Society of Ireland’s Environmental and Climate special interest group. Eoin did a couple of special episodes with us over the summer that were hugely popular, helping us unpick climate anxiety and the psychology of how we deal with climate change (links below).
This week it's all about COP28 kicking off in Dubai. What can we expect from the annual gathering of the countries of the world? What will the global stocktake tell us and will there be progress on phasing out fossil fuels? (and why is a Fossil Fuel CEO the president??).
We also look at how petrostates are planning to flood the world with more oil and what might happen with food shortages.
Actions for this week:
Join an Emergency Protest for Palestine Around Ireland – Saturday 1st december
Dublin – March & Rally, 1pm, Assemble @ Garden of Remembrance – March to the DáilEnnis – 11am, O’Connell SquareCork – 1pm, Grand ParadeLimerick – 1pm, Bedford RowTuesday 5th December online, listen to Eoin's lecture on why we are stuck at the Psychological Society of Ireland lecture series
Listen back to our earlier episodes with Eoin: Why are we stuck? and Is Now a Good Time to Freak Out?
Next Saturday 9th December
#NowWeRise – Get out and support the COP 28 Global Day of Action (a march from the Docklands Bord Gáis Energy Theatre to the GPO); organised by Climate Justice Coalition
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Ciara, Darragh and Anna are joined by another special guest this week. Comedian and actor Tadhg Hickey (and self-proclaimed Cork morale booster) is famous for his hard-hitting satirical sketches and stand-up comedy. Tadhg’s new memoir: A PORTRAIT OF THE PISS ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN has just been released to critical acclaim. He’s been particularly vocal on Gaza and Palestine and in 2021 raised €30,000 to help refugees there. Tadhg arrived at climate issues through his long-time focus on colonialism and is passionate about climate justice.
Tadhg joins us to take a look at some of this week's headlines.
A new Loss and Damage Deal: Climate Justice is on the agenda at COPGreta Thunberg ruffles some feathers by insisting there's no climate justice on occupied lands And here in Ireland a new Friends of the Earth poll is a ‘temperature check’ on Irish public opinion about climate - we look at the fascinating and sometimes contradictory findings.Actions for this week:
Get to a rally in support of justice in Palestine, lots happening around the country this weekend, details at https://www.ipsc.ie/
Dublin – NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION – March and Rally – 1pm, Garden of Remembrance – Look
Belfast – March and Rally, 1pm, Writers’ Square
Cork – March and Rally, 1pm, Grand Parade
If you can, DONATE to Tadhg's fundraiser for Gaza: https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-appeal-for-gaza
Check out this online event: Unite For Climate Solutions - A women led summit on nov 21st
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Or instead of buying the podcast a coffee this week, consider donating to support Palestinians under siege in Gaza: Oxfam , Medicins Sans Frontières and other charities are working hard to help.
Although 70% of Irish people are worried about climate change, many struggle to talk about it which is why here at The Climate Alarm Clock, we're inviting some guests along to the pod! People who aren’t necessarily known for talking about climate change in an effort to expand the conversation, and first up is the fantastic Andrea Horan!
Andrea is co-founder of Tropical Popical, the culture campaigner behind the No More Hotels movement and involved in the Repeal the Eighth campaign, as well as host on the @UnitedIrelandPodcast and Don’t Stop Repealin’ podcasts.
We chatted with Andrea about the recent floods in Ireland with Newry, Wexford, Louth under water this week.
We also cover why Teagasc recently got themselves into some hot water over their support for the Dublin Declaration!
Actions for this week:
Feed your bellies and your minds at Cornucopia's Dinner For Climate Friday November 3rd.
Hear Dr John Barry discuss how focusing on the potential of art, imagination and creativity can help us understand and respond in positive ways to the climate crisis, Belfast 12th of November.
Back in Dublin our pal Colm O’Regan, author of Climate Worrier: A Hypocrite’s Guide to Saving the Planet will join Oisín McGann, author of A Short, Hopeful Guide to Climate Change (Little Island), and Sinéad Moriarty, author of Finding Hope (Gill Books) to discuss the many topical themes to today’s climate debate contained within their writing. November 12th.
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Or instead of buying the podcast a coffee this week, consider donating to support Palestinians under siege in Gaza: Oxfam , Medicins Sans Frontières and other charities are working hard to help.
Cork and Waterford are still under water as we record this episode. Darragh, Anna and Ciara look at the unprecedented flooding from Storm Babet, which brought a month of rain in 24 hours to the South. As the climate gets hotter, we discuss how flooding like this could become more common.
New studies show how the costs of climate events and climate change are growing every year, with some areas becoming uninsurable.
And Greta Thunberg is charged with a public order offence in London after joining a Fossil Free London protest at an "Energy Intelligence" forum (for representatives of fossil fuel industry). Greta continues to be an inspiration, taking personal risks to protest at home in Sweden and now in the UK. Oil company profits are obscene as ever.
In what has been a horrifying week for Israel and Palestine, we note the connections between water scarcity, climate justice and colonialism.
We finish up by looking at some good news and coming up with a plan to parachute beavers into Ireland.
Actions for this week:
Act Local is a new Friends of the Earth campaign that gives you and your community the tools to make change in an already existing group, or the direction to form a new one. Check it out here.
Check out Talamh Beo an organisation working to put farming systems back into the hands of farmers and communities.
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Another month, another record-breaking temperature. Darragh, Anna and Ciara review reactions to the hottest September ever recorded and get out the beachwear ahead of a warm weekend in Ireland.
As it gets hotter, governments are going backwards, especially our nearest neighbours who have once again degenerated into farce, unfortunately for all of us as they renege on climate action commitments.
Meanwhile, an Irish fiscal watchdog warns about the cost of climate action, while ignoring the benefits and the science (well they are economists).
And the Pope comes out swinging in favour of climate action.
Things to do this week:
Come to the Irish Film Institute on Tuesday at 6:30 for a showing of the movie, How to Blow Up a Pipeline , followed by what will be a lively debate chaired by Anna.
On the 14th Oct, in Kilkenny County Council, a workshop for teachers called 'Creativity in a Changing Climate' is being hosted by Lisa Fingleton, details at https://www.creativity.oide.ie/
In Galway, head to Headford's community arts festival this weekend, Something in the Water... lots of great events and reimagining the town centre.
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Our episode title is a quote from a poem by Libyan poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi, who perished in the Derna floods, RIP.
We’re back for another season.
Ciara, Darragh and Anna look at the biggest climate stories in the news and how they’re being covered. The gang are fresh from a Psychology and Climate Change conference, which gave us a much needed boost and some *temporary serenity.
*CW: There might be some bad language at times
Storm Daniel has left a trail of destruction in the Mediterranean and we’re still in shock at the scenes from the floods in Libya in particular. The city of Derna has been destroyed by catastrophic flooding with massive loss of life. The week before the same storm destroyed about 25% of Greece’s agricultural production. Storms like Daniel are intensifying as the climate heats up.
And the climate is heating up, this year is now expected to average 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. We also discuss the news that 6 of 9 planetary boundaries have been exceeded, pushing us beyond the safe space for humans.
Here at home, activists are very happy that the proposed Shannon LNG plant has been refused permission by An Bord Pleanala.
We welcome new climate cases arriving at the European court of Human Rights.
Oh and we bid Bernie bye bye.
Suggested actions:
Check out Earth Rising at IMMA, Kilmainham, a fantastic programme of events from the 21-24th September.
Register for our Online Climate Cafe for chats on Tuesday 26th September at 7.30.
Or attend the launch of All We Want is the Earth. Land, Labour and Movements beyond Environmentalism at 7pm on Tuesday, 26th September in Connolly Books, Temple Bar.
Listen to Darragh spilling all on the Book of Leaves podcast
Read Sally Hayden’s My Fourth Time we Drowned for more insight into Libya and the Mediterranean.
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Ciara and Darragh venture outdoors and record this special episode, on-location in the farmyard at Green Earth Organics in Corrandulla, Co. Galway.
An in depth discussion with farmer Kenneth Keavey about his experience of the challenges and joys in running an organic vegetable farm in rural Ireland. Kenneth Ciara and Darragh talk about his unique business model, its benefits to the environment and the general state of agriculture in Ireland
Visit Green Earth Organics Website
Visit Green Earth Organics Instagram
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We were on a break, but...
Records were falling in July, it seemed like half the planet was on fire, Antonio Guterres says the era of 'global boiling' has arrived. There were so many news stories our heads were spinning: climate anxiety was everywhere, although Ciara somehow managed to avoid it.
Darragh, Anna and Ciara got together with our regular contributor Tom Spencer to process everything for ourselves. We looked at the range of stories and the inadequate media response, not to mention the lack of leadership from our politicians (more roads, anyone?). We felt better after talking about it, hopefully it might help our listeners too.
Actions we are taking:
Getting ourselves to the Climate Camp 2023 in Lovely Leitrim, August 9-13. Lots of great events planned and a chance to get active.
Save the date: September 15, Pearse Library Dublin, A New Climate for Psychology Conference, lots of great speakers lined up.
Calling TDs, Councillors, etc.: telling them to Stop Fossil Fuels!
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It feels like we are moving into the next phase of climate change, with the effects becoming more obvious. It's getting harder to ignore!
In this second in our series on the psychology of climate change, Anna & Darragh are joined once again by psychologist Eoin Galavan and community activist Caitriona Kenny.
Eoin helps us solve the psychology puzzles, and Caitriona brings her lived experience. We discuss questions like how do we talk to other people? For parents, how do we talk to children honestly while still protecting them? How can we process and manage climate anxiety for ourselves and others?
We need cohesive social dialogue to help us through, how do we take steps to create the social change we need?
Discussed in this episode, we recommend:
Check out the useful tools at the Good grief network
Watch this powerful video, featuring Professor Kevin Anderson
Read Elizabeth Bechard -- Parenting in a changing climate
And read Eoin' s blog !
Listen to our first psychology episode here
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Anna and Ciara welcome Darragh back for our last news roundup before Summer break! And he has a lot on his mind, like the French -- they're preparing for 4 degrees of warming, are they giving up or being realistic? Why does Darragh think this is good news?
And the EU nature restoration debate rolls on and on, why is intensive agriculture the tail wagging the dog?
We leave you with shed loads of suggested actions to keep you busy over the summer:
Check out past episodes of Climate Alarm Clock! And watch out for some special episodes coming up.
Go to Hometree summer school in July to explore and learn about the benefits of native woodlands and biodiversity restoration. Or volunteer at a tree planting day -- 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month
Check out the Public Consultation from the Boyne Rivers Trust to share your vision for the future of the River Boyne: Trim June 7th, Kells June 8th and Virginia June 12th
Have your say to #RestoreNature
Take our survey to give us your idea!!
Have a great summer!!
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This week, Anna and Clara are joined by leading Irish environmental journalist John Gibbons for our news roundup.
John tells us about his own journey to climate reporting and how he manages his climate anxiety. He tells us the story about how getting sucked into a shouting match on national radio taught him to stay calm and factual in media interactions.
We look at the WMO report that the planet is likely to overshoot 1.5C in the next five years. John takes us through the debate about the EU nature restoration law and why it’s needed now more than ever as new research shows species decline is even worse than thought.
Actions for this week:
Take action to #RestoreNature
Help Greenpeace's campaign to #BanPrivateJets
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Anna, Ciara and Tom look at the climate news this week and even find some good news. There may be some rants.
Eurostat has reported that EU emissions are down year over year, but Ireland is bucking the trend, with emissions going up. Why does the Minister for Environment dismiss the numbers? Ciara continues to work towards her Masters in Economics as she answers that question.
We're seeing action being taken against Greenwashing in the EU and UK, but again Ireland is slow to act.
Actions we suggest for this week:
Watch some of the sessions from the European Parliament Beyond Growth conference, (in particular Kate Raworth, Jason Hickel) Beyond Growth 2023 Conference
Consider writing to your local TDs and government representatives about Ireland needing to do better on emissions. You can find inspiration in this letter to government from The Climate Change Advisory Council.
Go and buy some grub from a local Irish food producer: https://www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-40902212.html
Get into nature and volunteer at a Hometree tree planting day, two opportunities every month!
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Anna and Ciara are joined by Tom Spencer of Irish EVs to discuss this week's news.
Ireland's biggest corporate carbon polluters are revealed. And we dig deep into the whale poop story. Can whales really be thought of as carbon-based assets or are those economists at it again?
Actions for this week:
Enjoy NoMowMay... do nothing and smell the flowers.
Go whale watching, sit on a headland somewhere!
Make a donation or learn about Save the Whales
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And... we're back! After an extended Spring break we're catching up on the climate news.
Darragh brings us weather reports from around the world, tells us his secret passwords and Anna defends President Higgins against the affronted economists of Ireland.
Ciara as always brings her charm and insight to the mix.
Actions for this week:
Ciara recommended this podcast featuring Kate Raworth explaining Doughnut Economics.
Engage in some positive social pressure (you'll have to listen to understand).
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How do we get 'unstuck' when it comes to climate? How can we lean in to the uncomfortable reality...when denial is a form of protection? Is Climate Anxiety a mental health problem?
Psychologist Eoin Galavan joins Anna to help us understand the psychology of climate change and how we can all have hope, while Caitriona Kenny of Connecting Cabra brings a community perspective.
Action is the solution to anxiety!
We recommend Eoin's blog: https://headfixers.wordpress.com/2022/01/04/climate-change-urgency-and-an-imperfect-contribution-a-note-for-my-psychology-colleagues/
Eoin recommends:
The psychological society of Ireland Climate Group https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/groups/Special-Interest-Group-for-Addressing-Climate-and-Environmental-Emergency
I find the work of Dr. Aaron Thierry brilliant and he is great to follow on twitter in case you are not already @ThierryAaron.
Regarding social capital, the work of Damon Aldrich is really interesting https://www.academia.edu/84717994/Social_Capital_and_Climate_Change_Adaptation
Some ideas on why we are stuck with the work of https://www.davidcanter.com/ and his paper ‘why do we leave it so late’
Clare Kelly PhD, essay https://www.thedock.ie/content/files/The-stories-we-tell-the-stories-were-told-Clare-Kelly.pdf -
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In our news roundup, Darragh, Anna and Ciara look at what women are doing to stand up for climate action -- Extinction Rebellion here in Ireland protesting JP Morgan Chase and a group of 'senior' Swiss women are going to court to demand more from their governments, protesting that climate rights are human rights.
Check out the Extinction Rebellion Ireland protest video
Actions for this week:
Support The Swiss Senior Women via Greenpeace
On Monday 3rd April: Find out about how to get involved in campaigns in Ireland with this Friends of the Earth webinar. Register here.
Watch Food Matters on RTE.
Buy us a coffee
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The IPCC's Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report was released this week. Was it followed by wall to wall media coverage? No, it was not.
Darragh, Anna and Ciara go deep into the report to understand what it says and what it means for all of us.
CW: there might just be a rant or two.
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In this week's news roundup, Anna and Ciara are joined by special guest Tom Spencer of IrishEvs.com . We look at how the Willow project was approved by President Biden and the parallels with political inaction on climate here in Ireland. We ask whether Ireland can meet its emission targets in transport?
Actions we recommend this week:
Check out this great resource by Róisín Fitzgerald, that Ciara mentions. Ideal if you want to know more or get involved in climate issues.
Sign this petition to try and stop the Willow Project.
It's the equinox, get out into the Spring air and enjoy the longer days!
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In this week's news roundup, Darragh, Ciara and Anna celebrate the new breakthrough global treaty to protect the oceans.
We also look at what's happening with Irish plantlife (going down) and global emissions (going up).
Actions we recommend this week:
Watch (and share) this video about "Shifting Baselines" to understand what we're losing if we don't protect nature
If you're ready to take direct action, consider getting involved with Extinction Rebellion Ireland.
Mark your diary for DCU Centre for Climate & Society's Climate Justice week, March 20-24.
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