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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It's time to share what is probably the most anticipated recording from the Institute's annual conference, which took place back in May at DCU St Patrick's Campus. Seán Ronayne brought a remarkable mix of tears, laughter, despair and hope to the conference. 👉 vimeo.com/1196422370/f...

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Why wasn't winter rain stored to prevent summer water shortages? Piece by Dr Jenny Lawler of @dcuwaterinstitute.bsky.social for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Read more: launch.dcu.ie/44UTVfk #RTEBrainstorm

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Another snippet from the Institute’s annual conference, which took place back in May at DCU St Patrick's Campus. The recording of our first panel discussion, “How Did We Get Here?”, is now available. You can find it via the link below: 👉 vimeo.com/1196005676/2...

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society 2026 - Panel #1

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We're continuing to share recordings from the Institute’s annual conference, held in May. Today, we’re highlighting the opening address delivered by our Director, Dr Diarmuid Torney, alongside Mia DiChiaro, the Institute’s Dancer-in-Residence. Full address HERE >

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society 2026 - Welcome Address

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

For those who were unable to attend the Institute’s annual conference in May, the video recordings are now available. They offer plenty of food for thought, particularly if the recent spell of unusually hot weather on the continent has prompted reflection on some of the challenges we face.

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society 2026 - President Connolly

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It's been two weeks, but we're still reflecting on the 6th DCU Institute for Climate and Society Annual Conference. That's why, in this Friday’s newsletter, we’ll be sharing reflections from our moderators, the thoughts, questions, and insights that stayed with them while listening to our speakers.

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Missed the DCU Institute for Climate and Society Annual Conference? Then you missed a room full of urgency, imagination, wonder, and hope, all coming together under this year's theme "holding the line" 🌍

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

What is hope when every day reminds us of the climate breakdown happening around us? Sean Ronayne taught us that hope is about wonder. “I saw my daughter waving with excitement at an ant. At some point along the line, we lose that ability to wave at ants. But we shouldn’t.”

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

In 2019, Ireland formally declared a climate emergency. Since then, the transformative change required either didn't happen, or it was too slow and too small. These were the words of Ireland’s President, Catherine Connolly, for the DCU Institute for Climate and Society’s Sixth Annual Conference.

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Our sixth annual conference just opened with a speech from Dr. Diarmuid Torney, Director of DCU Institute for Climate and Society. This year's theme is a call for more climate action. But it is also a chance to create a community and to bring together like-minded people. #DCUClimate2026

Dr. Diarmuid Torney is opening the sixth DCU Institute for Climate and Society Annual Conference at DCU St Patrick's Campus

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Looking forward to taking part in tomorrow’s Annual Conference of DCU’s Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social, where President Connolly will deliver the keynote address Will be discussing The Lie of the Land in a morning session on #Climate & farming.

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It's Friday. And it's the last day you can register for the DCU Institute for Climate and Society Annual Conference. It's the sixth time we reunite in this format, and this year's theme is > Holding the Line: Climate Action in a Time of Crisis. Save a seat before it's too late. 👉 REGISTER

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We’ve recently marked Labour Day. In Ireland, it dates back to 1890, when Dubliners took to the streets demanding an eight-hour working day. Back then, the fight was for time. Today, it’s increasingly about conditions. Workers’ challenges are now shaped by the climate crisis.

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We're proud to celebrate the launch of "Farming in Ireland – Crisis and Climate" by our colleague, Prof. Pat Brereton! 🌱📚 The book is a powerful oral history of farming in Pat’s native Offaly County, which brings farmers’ voices to the forefront of the vital debate on sustainable agriculture. #DCU

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Have you had a chance to read our latest newsletter? The world is burning not only due to the climate crisis, but also due to war, so @dpmrobbins.bsky.social gives us an explanatory piece on the carbon cost of war. Maybe this is convincing enough to subscribe to our monthly newsletter. HERE >

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, delivers keynote address at DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social annual conference. Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4lQ77Ju #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

To close off #DCUClimate2025, Institute for Climate & Society Co-Director Professor Pat Brereton offers some reflections on the day's events

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

In Lebanon, a guy being interviewed by @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social objected to the term ‘seed bank’, because they hate the banks, which have recently collapsed. They call them ‘seed libraries’. #DCUClimate2025 @dcuclimate.bsky.social

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

@dpmrobbins.bsky.social: what does media get right and wrong in reporting on climate? @marcusstewart.bsky.social (Earth Horizon Productions): we need more climate literacy in newsrooms. Priyanka Borpujari (PhD student, DCU): we need to ask questions, listen to people's stories #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The panelists discuss their experiences of reporting on the climate front lines, noting the intersection of climate change with the social, political and economic. If you just write about climate change “you’re not getting the full story” - @hannahmcccarthy.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Our final panel of #DCUClimate2025: Reporting from the climate front lines

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

On the theme of this year's conference - activism, storytelling and the arts - up next is a poetry reading by poet and writer, Grace Wilentz, Writer-in-Residence at Notre Dame, Dublin #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

AlanJames: the language used around climate issues “is devoid of any emotion” - let's think not of climate action but “climate love” Trish: “it absolutely needs to be all hands on deck” - let's each of us think: "well what the hell can I do with my few skills?" #DCUClimate2025

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Thinking about climate science, art and activism @dcuclimate.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025 AlanJames Burns talks about the real impacts on disabled communities of climate change, and the lack of access to knowledge & nature. Dr Trish Morgan describes the importance of de-siloing.

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

@trishmorgan.bsky.social from DCU School of Communications challenges our use of the word 'art', which "puts a moniker" on something “intrinsically human” Rebecca Wilson of @researchireland.bsky.social highlights the need to "empower" the public by making research more accessible #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Artist, curator and festival maker AlanJames Burns, highlights the challenges faced by disabled and differently abled people in engaging in climate action - and how they are often forgotten in activism #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Dr Eileen Hutton, Artist and Head of Art and Ecology, Burren College of Art, discusses "how we read the landscape" - how we can foster place-based responses to environmental challenges #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Up next ▶️ our third panel of the day: Climate science, art and activism #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

“We want to live in community like the mosses do, like the trees do” - write Kerri Ní Dochartaigh at the #DCUClimate2025 annual conference

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

“Be more oak!” Kerri Ní Dochartaigh describes how a single oak tree cares for more than 2,000 species. Rosie O’Reilly on the rights of nature: “where is nature in the university?” She calls on us to de-silo & apply critical thinking. #Art and #environment @dcuclimate.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Luke Casserly, multidisciplinary performance maker, discusses slowness, intimacy and care in their artistic practice @lnhowley.bsky.social from the DCU School of English discusses the use of eco-criticism in teaching: “It is easier to engage with your environment through art” #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

POV: writer Kerri Ní Dochartaigh asks us to close our eyes, root ourselves in the ground and think of the structures that support us - most of all, the earth. "Art is mother earth." #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

"Art doesn't give us something. It is something... Art is nature, and nature is art" - visual artist Rosie O'Reilly offers reflections on the arts and the environment #DCUClimate2025

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

“At our annual conference today, we are delighted to be able to spotlight a diverse range of contributions to the climate and ecological crises through activism, storytelling and the arts.” says Director @dcuclimate.bsky.social Dr Diarmuid Torney @diarmuidtorney.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

@dhandprof.bsky.social opens our panel with some reflections on the role of art: “Art can give us a narrative around this crisis”, creating stories we can engage with #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Up next ▶️ our second panel of the day: The arts and the environment #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Some great responses from our panel to the question of how we can best support human rights defenders. Panelists noted the role of collaboration, training, the media, but also, importantly, respecting human rights defenders' own agency. Now to audience Q&A #DCUClimate2025

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Sarah De Roure from @frontlinedefenders.bsky.social says environmental defenders know what support they need. Fidelma O’Kane from Save Our Sperrins describes the imbalance of resources between activists and companies, and the need for networks of support. @dcuclimate.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025

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Dave Robbins @dpmrobbins.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Irish people wanting to take action to protect the environment should focus on their TDs (members of parliament) - a concerted campaign of writing to public representatives can be very effective says Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social , speaking at the @dcuclimate.bsky.social conference today.

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A clear message from @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social “Don’t give in to hopelessness, that’s useless” @dcuclimate.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Following on from our keynote from @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social, our first panel of the day: Defending environmental human rights at home and abroad. We'll hear from speakers from @frontlinedefenders.bsky.social, @dundee.ac.uk, Save Our Sperrins and @dublincityuni.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Great crowd at @dcuclimate.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025 for @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social’s opening keynote address.

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A question from @diarmuidtorney.bsky.social on government's climate performance. "The rhetoric often doesn't match the reality" says UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social, as she encourages climate activists to be "a crowbar in the system" #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

On the consistent breach of climate targets by major corporations, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social notes: “This should be considered criminal, but it is those who oppose it who are criminalised” #DCUClimate2025

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social addresses #DCUClimate2025 with a stark warning: the defence of private interests and status quo presents a “serious risk” to climate defenders. But a glimmer of hope: "human rights defenders haven't given up"

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, reminds us that ‘climate change IS a human rights issue’. Her keynote speech at the @dcuclimate.bsky.social annual conference is a call to action, and a strong defence of #climate and #human #rights defenders worldwide.

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Dave Robbins @dpmrobbins.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Here's what to expect from today's event - please follow us on @dcuclimate.bsky.social for the day.

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DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Up next: UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social will give a keynote address to #DCUClimate2025

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