Clare FM – August Part 1 – Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles play a central role in Ireland’s Climate Action Plan, in decarbonisation of our transport sector, and in eliminating emissions from our private car fleet. The Irish government has targets of reaching 180,000 Electric Vehicles (EVs) on our roads by the end of this year and 936,000 by 2030. This is part of Ireland’s […]
Radio Kerry – July Broadcast 1 – Lenamore National School
This week on Ours to Protect we’re visiting Lenamore National School, who are in the process of building a climate action hub on their school grounds, that will revitalise the heart of the community and provide a drop off point for sorting and recycling plastics and textiles. We also spoke to Pauline McDonough from MyWaste.ie, […]
LMFM – Weekly Episode 44 – ECtHR decision on Swiss challenge to Climate Change failures
The European Court of Human Rights ruled last week in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government’s inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves. The verdict, which can’t be appealed, is a potential turning point for climate action. It […]
Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 40 – The National Bio-diversity Plan
This week 96fm spoke to Minister of State, Malcolm Noonan about the recent launch of the National Biodiversity Action Plan. For more in this series listen in to Cork’s 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.
Radio Nova – Weekly Episode 40 – No Planet B Environmental Youth Group
This week on Radio Nova we’re chatting with the ‘No Planet B’ environmental youth group in Naas, Co. Kildare. For more in this series listen in to Radio Nova every Thursday at 8pm.
East Coast – Weekly Episode 41 – Schools Inspiring Children in the Fight against Climate Change
In this week’s episode, Max checks out how schools can inspire young people to get involved in Climate Change Action. For more in this series listen in to East Coast every Thursday at 8pm.
LMFM – Weekly Episode 37 – Failte Ireland Climate Action Programme
On this week’s episode Fáilte Ireland this week unveiled ambitious plans to drive sustainable tourism development across Ireland and support the decarbonisation of tourism businesses. Central to the plans is a new Climate Action Programme, developed in consultation with tourism businesses, which includes the appointment of a dedicated advisor to businesses to help navigate every step […]
Galway Bay – Weekly Episode 27 – Funding Climate Action
This week Galway Bay FM looked at funding climate action with Denise Feeney, Community Climate Action Officer with Galway County Council. For more in this series listen in to Galway Bay FM every Thursday at 11.30am.
LMFM – Weekly Episode 24 – UN Temperature concerns and SEAI Projections Report
Every year the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland produces a national projections report which examines how it believes current government policy on sustainable energy will impact they way we use energy in the future and what that means in terms of our future energy related emissions. The report cautions that the current scale and pace […]
Clare FM – Weekly Episode 20 – Clare County Council Climate Action Plan
Clare County Council has published its Draft Climate Action Plan 2024-2029, as local authorities are required, under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021. The draft plan aims to position County Clare as a national leader in climate action and strengthen the delivery of effective action at local and community levels. Morgan Lahiffe, is […]
