Alison Hough
@AlisonNiEochaid
Law Lecturer, Aarhus, Brexit, International Law, Environmental Democracy, Participation, Equality, Inclusive Feminism. @[email protected] #TransRights
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Today is Ireland's Overshoot Day - the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year.
If everyone lived like we do in Ireland, we would need three planets to sustain us.
📊 by Footprint Network
We were delighted to host the 20th Law & Environment Conference last Thursday UCC Ireland
We explored the theme 'Rights, Remedies & Restoration in Environmental & Natural Resources Law'
Thanks to all our speakers, attendees and to our sponsors FuturEnergyIreland RDJ LLP EPA Ireland
Up next we had a fascinating presentation by Alison Hough on Aarhus Rights on the Island of Ireland 🌱including potential avenues for securing these rights!
Thanks to all the speakers and participants who attended our panel & for another brilliant Law and the Environment Conference @EnvEnvironment Owen McIntyre
Looking forward to next year!
Thanks Joe O'Shea and Cork Beo for reporting my sit-down meeting with #UisceÉireann on discoloured water.
Despite fatigue, it's critical to keep reporting incidents. Households are the main source of data on the problem — and data is key to solving it.
corkbeo.ie/news/local-new…
Looking forward to the TUS Sustainability Showcase, and visit of the Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation, Thursday & Friday this week. Technological University of the Shannon TUS Athlone Campus westmeathindependent.ie/2024/04/16/tus…
Guess how much the fine?
Serial water polluter Northern Ireland Water
again convicted of sewage pollution. With such a derisory fine it not only pays to pollute but the court system is literally taking the piss.
Fine for the persistent offender? £250
Feargal Sharkey
daera-ni.gov.uk/news/ni-water-…
📨🟢 New letter just published: the EU must stay the course on the #EUGreenDeal implementation!
Eurocities has joined seven other networks of local and regional governments across Europe to form the #LocalAlliance .
Press release → eurocities.eu/latest/local-a… 🇪🇺🍃
Just getting around to watching Rising Tides on the RTE player now.
Essential viewing!
Brilliantly presented & narrated by Philip Boucher-Hayes
Terrific script & camera work Earth Horizon Productions Marcus Stewart
I’ll be putting it on the syllabus for my students next week - climate capitalism.