Working directly on climate opportunities, concerned by the risks, VERY concerned for my kids - #WeHaveTheSolutions #TimeToAct
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined April 2009
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Lesley O'Connor retweeted
Lack of long-term master plan for Irelands energy sector, @ibec_irl CEO claims at @WindEnergyIRL conference irishtimes.com/business/econ…
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To those who opposed a clear reference to phase out of fossil fuels during the #COP28 Climate Conference, I want to say:
Whether you like it or not, fossil fuel phase out is inevitable. Let’s hope it doesn’t come too late.
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
We are into the final days at #COP28 and it’s all to play for.
To phase out fossil fuels we have to phase up renewables - particularly in the developing world - and phase in the financing and investment that is needed to drive the transition - fast and at scale. #ClimateFinance
‘Come with solutions’: Cop28 president calls for compromise in final meetings theguardian.com/environment/…
Well said George.
It's not my country's government and I don't get a say but it is shocking to observe from across the water. such policies makes us all ask what could be put on the table here at home in future, under other powers.
A Goverment of sadists “who want to beat up some of the most vulnerable & traumatised people on earth in order to distract attention from the Goverment’s own failures” @GeorgeMonbiot 🙏👏#RwandaBill
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
The COP process is broken - broken *by design*. Can it be fixed, or should it be bypassed altogether? I explore some options.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
This could be thebmost uplifting thing I have read in the last year. Thanks @MichaelEMann livescience.com/planet-earth…
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
Jo Brand, comedian extraordinaire, translates my climate science for real people.
As she says "If people like me have to get involved you know we are in deep trouble"
Another brilliant video from @ClimateSciBreak
Short version 👇
Long version: youtu.be/lfc6WF0ToVY
"You don't get to be racist and Irish." None of us do.
And *thank you* to all those who have *chosen* to make Ireland their home. In so doing you make our home, our culture, the richer for it. You are so very welcome here 💖
As important as ever
Thanks Matthew Rose-Nel for making and adding @rachelmaehannon vocals 💚
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
The oil & gas industry faces a moment of truth at #COP28
It must choose: keep fueling the climate crisis or embrace the shift to clean energy.
Today, its efforts aren’t encouraging. It accounts for under 1% of global clean energy investment.
Our report: iea.li/3R79gDf
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
These pitiful thugs are not us. They do not act for us, speak for us or burn buses for us
irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/…
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
Delighted to have secured a supply agreement with Theva, a German company specialising in the design and manufacture of superconductor wire. The wire is a key component in the production of SuperNode’s next generation superconducting electrical cables. supernode.energy/news/supern…
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
GAZA UPDATE: Israeli forces have killed 2,913 Palestinian children in Gaza, with at least 940 more missing under the rubble. These killings are overwhelmingly and unconditionally supported by the U.S.
Read more: dci-palestine.org/2913_pales…
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
Today six young Portuguese people are taking a case against 32 countries (and their scores of lawyers) at the European Court of Human Rights for failing to act on climate change. The judgement has potentially binding implications. Follow @GLAN_LAW for updates and hear @Gocuinn describe the case on radio here: rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22…
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
We're ready 🟢
⚖️ The hearing in the @ECHR_CEDH that could decide our future has just begun.
Government inaction around the #ClimateCrisis has lasted for far too long. We need change now.
Lesley O'Connor retweeted
❝ Unmanaged climate changes have the potential to be highly politically disruptive. Who do you think people will look to if their homes are washed away, or their businesses ruined, or farms destroyed, or they can’t drink the water, if not the government?
irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/…
I just endorsed the campaign for a #FossilFuelTreaty — calling for a new international mechanism to manage a global just transition.
Join me and thousands of others here: fossilfueltreaty.org