Dr Stephen Flood

Today marks an exciting new beginning as we officially launch NaturePivot! We look forward to connecting and collaborating with you. linktr.ee/naturepivot #NaturePivot #ClimateChange #Sustainability

Small Fish, Big Impact.

🌊 Last week, Grace, our Marine Advocacy Officer, spoke at an Ocean Week event in the EU Parliament.
She highlighted the underlying issues in achieving sustainable inshore fisheries in Irish waters.

@fairseas.ie @seasatrisk.bsky.social #EUOceanWeek #FairSeas

The Greystones Guide | Whitmore Wants Government To Pull The Finger Out On Bellevue Land One year since petition to save 200-acre Delgany site…

It's been one year since 5,000 people signed a petition to save 200-acres at Glen of the Downs. Now it has come to light that some of the adjacent biodiverse oak woodland has been destroyed. We are waiting. @npwsireland.bsky.social
@envpillar.bsky.social
www.greystonesguide.ie/whitmore-wan...

The failure to decarbonize the global energy education system: Carbon lock-in and stranded skill sets The energy transition involves the transformation of professions and labour markets, which in turn depend on the availability of a workforce with the …

"The findings show that the rapid adoption of renewable energy worldwide is not matched by changes in higher education, since universities continue to prioritise coal and petroleum studies"

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#adaptation #deltas #coasts | Stephen Flood, PhD Enjoying a public lecture from Marjolijn Haasnoot at Victoria University of Wellington focused on #Adaptation in #deltas and #coasts 🌊 Mapping out the solution space to adaptation. Panel discussi...

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#adaptation #deltas #coasts | Stephen Flood, PhD Enjoying a public lecture from Marjolijn Haasnoot at Victoria University of Wellington focused on #Adaptation in #deltas and #coasts 🌊 Mapping out the solution space to adaptation. Panel discussi...

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“Sometimes I think the ice was the best
place I’ve ever been”
Sames xxx 🇦🇶 🦭 ☕️

Image of stormy waves crashing against bridge

Tune into @rteradio1.bsky.social at 6.35pm today to hear Prof Conor Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie and Dr Ruth Quinn @atu-ie.bsky.social discuss the growing impact of climate change on Ireland’s weather patterns.

Cork fish kill: No culprit for the worst environmental disaster in Ireland this century A multi-agency investigation failed to find the source of, or even identify, the toxins that killed nearly 40,000 fish in the Blackwater River recently

Who’s responsible for probably the greatest environmental disaster this century in Ireland? Nobody! What caused it? Nothing! What are we going to learn from it…? Just take a guess…

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

The Council’s Annual Review of Adaptation has been published today with key observations and policy recommendations published to help Ireland deal with the impacts of future climate change.
Read the full report here: shorturl.at/LogZL

Council has said not enough action has been undertaken to address the significant shortcomings exposed by Storms Darragh and Éowyn and it has called for the prioritisation of actions that will have the most impact in advance of the storm season
Read more: shorturl.at/1nqea

The Irish Times view on storm preparation: weather won’t wait Ireland must stop pretending it is too complicated to prepare

The irish times certainly got our memo here @ccacireland.bsky.social … www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

Sustainable #drainage systems slow the rate at which surface water reaches drains and watercourses. 🌧
They can be utilised around your #property to help reduce #floodrisk and #flooding! 💧🏠

Find out more here: thefloodhub.co.uk/sustainable-...

#floodaware #SuDS

Celebrating 87 thousand downloads of our book: Creating Resilient Futures 🌎🌍🌏

Get your freely available #OpenAccess copy ▶️

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Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found

I think the UK is higher up this chart than most people would expect

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thanks for your interest ✨

Celebrating 87 thousand downloads of our book: Creating Resilient Futures 🌎🌍🌏

Get your freely available #OpenAccess copy ▶️

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

'Starvation is everywhere': Virtual tours of Gaza clinics expose the scale of the horror ***

A very, very difficult but necessary read.

'Starvation Is Everywhere': Virtual Tours of Gaza Clinics Expose the Scale of the Horror

@haaretzcom.bsky.social

(Apologies as I have run out of gift links this month.)

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Changing the conversation on Ireland’s Natura 2000 sites ‘If you live in a very special place, that should be a good thing and not a bad thing’

Two years on from the finding in the European Court against Ireland for not implementing the Habitats Directive, what has changed for Ireland's network of protected areas for nature?

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

I’m continually horrified that this genocide is happening in plain sight, that we’re still effectively allied with the perpetrator, and we have become so immune that this headline is currently below “status yellow thunder warning” on the Irish Times homepage. And not even visible on NYT!

Pakistan: Werden hunderte Flutopfer zur neuen Normalität? Der Monsun ist für Pakistan lebenswichtig. Doch dieses Jahr kamen durch Starkregen schon 300 Menschen um. Dazu trug der Klimawandel viel bei, zeigt eine Studie.

"The 2022 floods highlighted Pakistan's vulnerability to climate change. Three years later, monsoon floods are still claiming shocking human losses," says @fahadsaeed.bsky.social.

My first comment piece in @theguardian.com is on a topic very close to my heart; the threat that the #ClimateCrisis poses to my local community in South Wales.

Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵

"Gaza has become hell on earth. No one is spared — even aid workers are starving," UNRWA Juliette Touma said, reading a statement from UNRWA Commissioner-General at @ungeneva.bsky.social press briefing.

People in #Gaza are being shot while seeking food.

This is happening under the world’s watch.

Coastal erosion threatening Ireland's ancient forts Climate change is threatening the remains of hundreds of ancient forts dotted around Ireland's coasts, which are vulnerable to coastal erosion.

Climate change is threatening the remains of hundreds of ancient forts dotted around Ireland's coasts, which are vulnerable to coastal erosion.

Kate Marvel & Friends: Feeling Climate Change The climate scientist is joined by a group of special guests to share insights, data, and stories that reflect how it feels to live in a changing world.

Today's the day!
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Ferry leaving harbour to Aran islands

The @ccacireland.bsky.social adaptation committee have come to the Aran islands to hear about efforts on the islands to become more resilient. It’s important we don’t just meet in Dublin and we hear the needs and successes of all communities. I’ll document some key reflections here

Council Secretariat member, Marta Carrasco, recently participated as a judge in the 'Make a Switch' schools competition organised by Clare and Limerick ETB. She spoke about the importance of schools and communities taking action to adapt to climate change." shorturl.at/pKYC8

It's been a good few months of getting some fieldwork in. There's lots of Holocene muds and sands in WA, NSW, and VIC that still have many secrets to tell about past coastal change.

I have some wonderful colleagues I get to work with along on the way! : )

NEW – Guest post: More than 70% of adaptation plans for European cities are ‘inconsistent’

✍️ Dr Diana Reckien, Dr Attila Buzási, @martaolazabal.bsky.social, Dr Paris Fokaides, Dr Filomena Pietrapertosa, @peckersley.bsky.social‬ and Dr Monica Salvia

Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ywOyxnt

The Council has today published 2 requests for quotation:
🌍Research review for managing risk associated with coastal change
🌍The impacts of climate change on individual and community mental health and wellbeing.
See more at: www.climatecouncil.ie/news/researc...