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Flaming July – the evidence is clear that climate change is happening…

Paul Gosling on July 31, 2023, 11:01 am

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Only the most devoted conspiracy theorist could deny climate change given the devastating events of recent weeks. Spring was marked by deadly fires in Canada, terrible floods in Northern Italy and even an unfamiliar heatwave in Northern Ireland. Now things have got even more deadly, with awful new fire outbreaks in Greece, Italy Algeria and Tunisia. And a severe worsening of ice melting in the Antarctic. Meanwhile, the drought and loss of agricultural land in the Horn of Africa is …

Does GDP Measure What Matters? Prof Diane Coyle delivers Donal Nevin lecture

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on December 12, 2016, 10:54 pm

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MEASURE WHAT MATTERS. Is GDP fit for purpose asked Professor Diane Coyle who was in Belfast to deliver the annual Donal Nevin Lecture at an event organised by the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI).

Carbon, Capitalism and the Transition from Unsustainability – Prof John Barry

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on November 12, 2014, 8:36 pm

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Prof John Barry delivered his inaugural professorial lecture last night, filling a QUB lecture theatre with more than a hundred very wet people. He joked about his dapper attire – grey suit and orange tie – saying that he believed you should “dress to the right and vote to the left!” Carbon, Capitalism and the Transition from Unsustainability: The Challenge for Civilisation The 21st Century Barry’s starting point was to state that the world is unsustainable rather than sustainable. Similarly, …

John Barry: “We need legislators, not negotiators…”

Bangordub on April 9, 2014, 7:24 am

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I had an interesting chat today with John Barry. A fellow Dubliner but a far more interesting and indeed public character than that may suggest. John is a Green Party candidate in the forthcoming Council elections standing in the Abbey ward of the new North Down and Ards Council. He was co-opted onto the existing North Down Council when Steven Agnew was elected as an MLA and will be seeking to retain the Green seat in the forthcoming elections but he …

Green Party conference: Euro candidate Ross Brown sets out his stall and his journey #GPNI #GPNI14

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on March 30, 2014, 9:31 pm

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The Green Party has come a long way. Over the years I’ve been popping into its annual conference, the number of delegates attending has steadily risen, their dress code has smartened and the professionalism of the organization has grown. Yet there is still an informality and an ability to crack a joke in the midst of resolutions and formal speeches. Steven Agnew spoke of targets for the May elections. The Greens are aiming for Ross Brown to receive more first …