Dr. Cara Augustenborg

They look like kids.. ☹️

Staff shortages preventing environmental policy implementation in Ireland, study finds Staff shortages preventing environmental policy implementation in Ireland, study finds

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Barriers to environmental policy implementation: stakeholder perceptions in the context of Ireland Environmental policies are embedded in political institutions worldwide, yet degradation persists, with failure to implement existing policies considered a significant contributing factor. Few stud...

🌍 New in J. of Environmental Policy & Planning!
Our study identifies the 5 biggest, interlinked barriers to environmental policy implementation in Ireland and proposes systematic fixes:

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#EnvironmentalPolicy #Ireland #ClimateGovernance

I am eternally grateful to President Higgins for the opportunity to serve on his Council and for his 14yrs of work bringing climate change & ecology to the forefront of everything he did.

Last night, my fellow Council of State members got to hear one of President Higgins' final speeches. It was particularly emotional taking this photo in front of Irl's first Council of State, noting how times have changed for us ladies in particular!

Yesterday, we welcomed George Marshall to University College Dublin for Earth Institute's public event on how to talk about climate change. Today, George joins my EPA Ireland project team to launch our Community of Practice Using Worldview to Inspire & Scale Climate Action (UWISCA).

For the record, I also had several media coaching sessions with Ivan Yates and it was the best media training I've ever had! Anyone who spent any time with IY knew he ran a business for the last few years doing this, so why is it a surprise to someone who worked with him regularly?

An extraordinary omission.

Yes, policy is the domain of Gov, but climate is one area where a President, limited though their powers may be, could actually play a significant role, e.g. by mobilising community action and lifting the voices of people affected.

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How will Michael D Higgin’s Presidency be remembered? | Newstalk As Michael D Higgins' time as President of Ireland comes to an end, how will his period in the Á...

In honour of President Michael D. Higgins' last few days in the Aras, I popped into Newstalk studio to chat with Ciara Doherty, Gavin Duffy & Tadgh McNally about the President's legacy.

How will Michael D Higgin’s Presidency be remembered? | Newstalk

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RTÉ receives formal complaint over ‘exclusion’ of climate issues from presidential debates Letter signed by academics, NGOs and medics alleges breach of public service obligations

From Dr Cara Augustenborg, @hannahdaly.ie @autofac.bsky.social Prof John Sweeney and others. #ClimateEmergency

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We fully agree @caugustenborg.bsky.social . @rte.ie has most especially failed children and young people on this issue. They should know what the next President's views are on the issue which will most shape their collective futures.

Fully agree. Especially upsetting for young people, especially those voting in their first election, not to see the next President asked about the issue that will most affect their futures. @rte.ie have let them down hugely.

"Can I just say' & "I did my best" are burned in my brain now..

Thanks, Jim. I know several other people emailed Prime Time about this. I'm genuinely shocked they didn't consider those requests.

I'm heart broken Ireland's national broadcaster stuck to same old 7 questions tonight on #áras25 presidential debate & avoided the climate question several of us begged them to ask. We learned nothing new of candidates' positions on major global/national challenges. RTE has failed the public.

Climate expert: We weren't hearing about the candidates' stances on climate action, so I asked them directly Here’s what Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly said about climate action and what it means for the election, writes Dr Cara Augustenborg.

Please email primetime@rte.ie to ask them to break the #ClimateSilence & ask the 2 candidates "How will you integrate climate change into your Presidency?” in the last TV debate on Tuesday

I've done the research to make this easy @thejournal.ie
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#Aras25

Responses from both candidates now here:
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Maybe instead of asking about candidate's pets a week before polling day, media could ask candidates their view on existential threats like #climatechange? Just a thought..

#Áras25 #SpéirGorm

Fair play to #CatherineConnolly team who just sent a lovely reply to my request for info and a resource pack of her climate & environment interventions for students in my Climate Policy & Politics module. 🙌

Helpful! Thanks!

a man wearing glasses is standing in front of a blackboard and saying `` anyone ? '' . ALT: a man wearing glasses is standing in front of a blackboard and saying `` anyone ? '' .

I've listened to 3 presidential debates so far & learned nothing on candidates' position on climate. I've even emailed to ask them this & have yet to receive replies. Anyone else feel same?

@rte.ie @virginmedianews.bsky.social @heatherhumphries.bsky.social @catherineconnolly.bsky.social

Just saw Pete Hegseth's ridiculous speech to US military and, for the first time since my father (USAF Colonel) died 5 years ago, I am relieved he is not alive to see what a mockery is being made of the the cause he dedicated his life too. 😔

'Unacceptable' to ignore human crisis in Gaza - Obama Former US president Barack Obama has said there is no military rationale right now for continuing to pummel what is already broken in Gaza, and he said it was unacceptable to ignore the human crisis t...

This is a good summary of healing words of @barackobama.bsky.social in Dublin last night, but fails to mention what struck me most: #climatechange comprised at least 20% of the conversation & was first issue mentioned as priority for #ObamaFoundation. 💚

#BarackObama

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Awww. Love this! My 15yr old and I can't wait to see you in Dublin!!

If you are at the National Ploughing Championship today, come say hello!

What it means to miss New Orleans: An environmentalist’s view growing up below the sea Here's my version of heaven. #NOLA #Brass #Jazz pic.twitter.com/93pvkSxFUZ

On the 20yr anniversary of #HurricaneKatrina, I dusted off my 2017 blog after my last trip to my former home of NOLA. It still holds up!
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Thank you @yurikageyama.bsky.social for a feel good story amid the gloom. I have a bug loving kid here in Ireland, but they seem to be a rare breed here! A culture of bug loving kids sounds like just what the world needs. 🐛🪲🐞

You forgot "removed endangerment finding underpinning all climate regulations" apnews.com/live/donald-...

Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

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