A recent article in the Irish Times described comments by a leading Australian urban geographer, Prof. Brendan Gleeson of NUI Maynooth, that Ireland will become a ‘climate change lifeboat’. The idea is that as climate change causes rising sea levels, displacing vast overpopulated regions of the world, Ireland will be less physically affected leading to(…)
The recent floods in Pakistan, described by one journalist as “beyond emotional comprehension” in the devastation wrought, have raised questions in this blog as elsewhere, as to the adequacy of the government’s response and the need for greater international coordination to deal with displaced persons. The floods are said to be an example of interactive(…)
Hat tip to Rita O’Reilly, who follows us on Twitter and tweets some very interesting stuff herself. Former Irish President and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson has said today that she is not available for consideration for the post of President of the EU Council, EurActiv.com reports: Robinson told EurActiv that “it(…)
Today, October 15, is Blog Action Day and this year’s issue is climate change. Over a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty; the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to encourage action on the issue of global warming. The website of the UNFCC is here. More recently, a great number of nations,(…)
