The EU’s Battle Against Greenwashing
Climate change is, pardon the pun, the hot topic of our time. This summer was Europe’s hottest on record, with temperatures in parts of Europe regularly exceeding 40 degrees Celsius.…
How Climate Change has increased the risk of Pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic, or rather a version of it, has been sitting in the human race’s rear-view mirror for quite some time, approaching and accelerating. Both epidemiologists and climate change…
Why is Ireland Not Meeting its Climate Targets?
As a country, Ireland seems to contribute little to the carbon emissions and pollution of the earth’s atmosphere compared to other nations. However, when you narrow this down to how…
PETase and the Future of Plastic Waste
An enzyme ‘cocktail’ has been discovered that could contribute to the breaking down and reuse of plastics in the future. This could have a significant positive impact on tackling one…
How the California Wildfires Have Been Spurred on by Climate Change
Earlier this month a gender reveal party gone wrong ignited a new series of wildfires, which continue to rage on. The freak accident, however, only explains how these fires began…
Climate Change Contributing to Increasing World Hunger
Climate change is causing a stagnation in current efforts to curtail world hunger according to the 14th Global Hunger Index report (GHI) which was released on Tuesday, October 15, 2019.…
In Wake of a Failed Climate Case Ireland: Protesters Stand United
On Friday, 20th of September 2019, over 10,000 people took to the streets of Ireland to join a global protest calling for climate justice. The words of 16-year-old activist Greta…
Tackling Climate Change: Where Ireland Stands
On a global scale, Ireland’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may seem so low as to be irrelevant. It is much more telling, however, to look at our per capita emissions.…
Comment: Party Unity Under Climate Change Protest
“System Change-Not Climate Change” was the chant that captured the demands of tens of thousands of Climate Strikers on the streets of Dublin last Friday. The Amazon is burning, the…
Global Climate Strike Sees Over 10,000 On Dublin Streets
‘I’m calling all students to strike now for climate because we have to – or we’re all gonna die. There’s no societies on a dead planet, there’s no classes on…
Pretty Little Protest: Environmental Protest Sparks Controversy From Within Student Union Ranks
On Wednesday October 2nd, UCD Students’ Union held a collaboration event with fashion chain Pretty Little Thing with proceeds being donated to charity. This event was overshadowed by controversy surrounding…
Change & The Now: The Philosophy of Change
Oh September! A month full of hopeful aspirations for the future, budding plans and exciting opportunities, a new college term, fresh faces, a renewed energy and bustle of sorts, a…