Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgUCD College of Engineering & Architecture @ucdengarch.bsky.social · 03/12/2025www.ucd.ie/eacollege/ne... @caugustenborg.bsky.socialucd.ieStaff shortages preventing environmental policy implementation in Ireland, study findsStaff shortages preventing environmental policy implementation in Ireland, study finds 131
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 12/11/2025🌍 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: Open Access read here: 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1523... #EnvironmentalPolicy #Ireland #ClimateGovernancedoi.orgBarriers to environmental policy implementation: stakeholder perceptions in the context of IrelandEnvironmental policies are embedded in political institutions worldwide, yet degradation persists, with failure to implement existing policies considered a significant contributing factor. Few stud... 030
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 07/11/2025I 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. 080
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Last 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! 1143
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Yesterday, 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). 0171
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025For 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? 031
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgConor McNally @conormcnally.bsky.social · 31/10/2025An 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. 👏 @caugustenborg.bsky.social et al. 1143
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 30/10/2025In 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 www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...newstalk.comHow will Michael D Higgin’s Presidency be remembered? | NewstalkAs Michael D Higgins' time as President of Ireland comes to an end, how will his period in the Á... 010
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025From Dr Cara Augustenborg, @hannahdaly.ie @autofac.bsky.social Prof John Sweeney and others. #ClimateEmergency www.irishtimes.com/environment/...irishtimes.comRTÉ receives formal complaint over ‘exclusion’ of climate issues from presidential debatesLetter signed by academics, NGOs and medics alleges breach of public service obligations 22614
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgParents for Future Ireland @pffireland.bsky.social · 22/10/2025We 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. 021
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgParents for Future Ireland @pffireland.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Fully 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. 021
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 22/10/2025"Can I just say' & "I did my best" are burned in my brain now.. 020
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Thanks, Jim. I know several other people emailed Prime Time about this. I'm genuinely shocked they didn't consider those requests. 030
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025I'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. 2549
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Please 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 www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima... #Aras25thejournal.ieClimate expert: We weren't hearing about the candidates' stances on climate action, so I asked them directlyHere’s what Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly said about climate action and what it means for the election, writes Dr Cara Augustenborg. 02110
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Responses from both candidates now here: osf.io/ruaec/files/...osf.ioOSF 142
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Maybe 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 2137
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Fair 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. 🙌 1377
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 09/10/2025I'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.socialmedia.tenor.coma 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 ? '' . 9405
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Just 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. 😔 0214
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 27/09/2025This 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 www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...rte.ie'Unacceptable' to ignore human crisis in Gaza - ObamaFormer 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... 151
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Awww. Love this! My 15yr old and I can't wait to see you in Dublin!! 000
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 16/09/2025If you are at the National Ploughing Championship today, come say hello! 060
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 29/08/2025On 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! www.caraaugustenborg.com/latest-news/...caraaugustenborg.comWhat it means to miss New Orleans: An environmentalist’s view growing up below the seaHere's my version of heaven. #NOLA #Brass #Jazz pic.twitter.com/93pvkSxFUZ 030
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Thank 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. 🐛🪲🐞 192
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 02/08/2025You forgot "removed endangerment finding underpinning all climate regulations" apnews.com/live/donald-... 120
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Actor 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. 373121424364
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 28/06/2025You win best BlueSky post of the day! 000
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I am so disappointed this is a view from Democratic party. Do better. 1261
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgTara Connolly @taraconnolly.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Good morning! ☀️ We are looking for a researcher (or research team) to support an exciting new report on how clean flexibility solutions can replace fossil gas. More info below 👇 Please share with your networks and/or names of any suitable candidates. Merci! beyondfossilfuels.org/about-us/wor... 0914
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgShauna Corr @shaunacorr.bsky.social · 08/05/2025🚨2 years after Irish gov launched €15m Shared Island sports club EV charger scheme, none have been fitted. Now a report warns the delays pose a ‘reputational risk’ to government climate initiatives @caugustenborg.bsky.social @irishnews.com @ucddublin.bsky.social www.irishnews.com/news/norther...irishnews.comSports clubs ‘frustrated’ by long delay to EV chargers promised under €15m Shared Island schemeAcademic report warns delays in the process pose a ‘reputational risk’ to government climate initiatives 021
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Our application period is still open for those seeking environmental policy training in a beautiful English-speaking EU country! Feel free to get in touch to learn more! 040
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 07/05/2025In today's Irish Times, my perspective as a former Fulbright scholar and current Programme Director for University College Dublin Environmental Policy MSc programme, where we are seeing significant increases in US/international applicant numbers this year. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...irishtimes.com‘There’s a war on academia’: US faces brain drain of its brightest and best teachers and studentsEurope may benefit as Trump’s campaign against Ivy League colleges is causing academics to consider emigrating 150
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 19/04/2025Sign of the day… 176303157548
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's. 499166376158
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Not so fun fact: Every hour a person spends in space emits the same climate harming pollution as 2,000-4,600 people on earth (source link below), but today I heard Katy Perry say "everyone should do this to help them love themselves" 🙄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comThe environmental and moral implications of human space travelHumans have long dreamed of traveling to space. In response to the recent increase in commercial space flight, this paper evaluates environmental impa… 1193
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 14/04/2025Here's a first look at sea surface temperature data from the new NOAA ERSSTv6 dataset... this animation shows the yearly anomalies over the last 100 years. Data available at www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb... 821095
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Holey moley. 115116
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Couldn't have picked a nicer day for a field trip with my UCD MSc Environmental Policy students! Thanks to Baron Randal Plunkett for the personal tour of his novel ecosystem & beautiful estate at Dunsany Castle- to inspire our own campus biodiversity efforts back home! 061
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Even harder to believe that she referred to it as "onerous" job today! 110
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I thought her most powerful sentence was that we have no right to give up hope as long as the Palestinians still have it. 🙏 0124
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Mine did this and it turned out to be an over-sensitivity to fleas! Even after de-flea-ing him & the house, he still had to go on steroids etc to stop is skin from continuing to react long after fleas were gone. Hair eventually grew back 110
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 12/03/2025I knew it was bad, but not this bad. An entire road through the amazon built for the Climate COP! If anyone is wondering whether this might be the COP to avoid, I would say yes. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAmazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summitThe infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say. 20338155
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgGreenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 11/03/2025interesting to read a very strong case against liquified gas investments WITHOUT even talking about the dangers of climate breakdown: - running costs are enormous (and households pay) - doesn't prevent weather-related disruption - renewables are so cheap and fast they make it redundantirishtimes.comThe debate: Should the State develop a terminal for liquefied natural gas?Geopolitical upheaval, energy security and reliance on UK for supplies are forcing a rethink on the ban on LNG 28231
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 08/03/2025This post from @colmoregan.bsky.social ties in well... bsky.app/profile/colm... 030
Reposted by Dr. Cara AugustenborgJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 08/03/2025The rise and triumph of the fascist Idiocracy, brilliantly foretold in five frames by @tomtomorrow.bsky.social 44111
Dr. Cara Augustenborg @caugustenborg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025In this brief, we examined the hurdles sports clubs volunteers have had to go through in this scheme and recommended areas to improve communication & confidence in the scheme (and hopefully trust in Government, more generally). 3/3 More at: publicpolicy.ie/environment/...publicpolicy.ieAdministrative frictions in Ireland’s Shared Island Sports Club EV Charging Scheme - Public PolicyThe Government of Ireland has established targets to facilitate the country’s low-carbon transition, including targets to increase use of electric vehicles (EVs), as part of their Climate Action Plans... 030