Measuring the gap between Ireland's climate aspirations and climate actions.
Ep 24 – Our world at 1.5
Because temperatures went above 1.5 degrees of additional warming, 2023 and 2024 provided a look into our climate future. What do extreme weather events in the last year tells us about what the planet will look like in ten year’s time?
7/24/2024 • 26 minutes, 10 seconds
Ep 23 – Net Zero
Will climate action work? If we spend trillions on a Green Transition what are the chances we will get Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050? Philip speaks to one of the few people with right mix of skills to make an informed assessment of this generation’s chances of saving humankind.
7/17/2024 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
Ep 22 – Playing God
Is Geo-engineering the planet to reduce warming our best hope or playing with fire? Incorrect speculation that Dubai caused massive flooding in April by seeding clouds put geo-engineering in a critical spotlight. Philip visits the “Centre For Climate Repair” a leading player in this much criticised field.
7/10/2024 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Ep 21 – Slow Waters
A new project to take the sting out of flooding. With so much extra rain in our future we are going to have to start adapting now. But most of these projects to keep our feet dry will have as many opponents as supporters. Philip examines one with huge potential and invites a powerful critic to see if he can be persuaded.
7/3/2024 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Ep 20 – Just Stop Oil
Are climate protestors just students acting the maggot or successors to the Sufragettes and Civil Rights movement? In an extended interview with Roger Hallam the co-founder of Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion, Philip tries to establish if the protests can reduce global warming or is the real aim societal change.
6/26/2024 • 24 minutes, 51 seconds
Ep 19 - Rain Rain Rain
Was 10 months of rain from July to April our new normal? The world temporarily went beyond the 1.5 degrees of additional warming we have committed to holding it to. Philip talks to scientists about why this happened, and what it says about how wet it will get.
6/19/2024 • 23 minutes, 44 seconds
Ep 18 - Their world will be what we make it
What the latest research says about how climate change will shape the planet for those alive now.
12/19/2022 • 27 minutes
Ep 17 - The wheels on the bus
Philip comes up with a plan to save the world
12/12/2022 • 26 minutes, 11 seconds
Ep 16 - Living on a prayer
What if we can't deliver our offshore wind targets on time?
12/5/2022 • 25 minutes, 55 seconds
Ep 15 - Why are we still flying?
New research shows the increased climate warming pollution the aviation sector doesn't want to talk about.
11/28/2022 • 25 minutes, 31 seconds
Ep 14 - Good Cop/Bad Cop
What was and wasn't agreed at the global climate summit
11/21/2022 • 27 minutes, 56 seconds
Ep 13 - The Iniskea Prospect
Should Ireland leave all its oil and gas reserves in the ground or drill to achieve energy independence?
11/14/2022 • 26 minutes, 31 seconds
Ep 12 - Getting Hotter
What was the cabinet sub committee on climate change told by Ireland's leading climate scientist at a recent private briefing?
6/20/2022 • 25 minutes, 22 seconds
Ep. 11: It's not you, it's me
Might the biggest obstacle to effective climate action be us?
6/13/2022 • 25 minutes, 57 seconds
Ep 10: Megawatts and Megabytes
The things we got wrong about Data Centres and how they could be made a part of Ireland's climate solution.
5/30/2022 • 26 minutes, 2 seconds
Ep 9: Buy Rent Retreat
What upheaval on Antarctica's ice sheets means for the future of Ireland's coastal communities.
5/23/2022 • 26 minutes, 32 seconds
Ep 8: There's batteries in them there hills
Should we allow mining for lithium along the Wicklow Way? Can we afford not to?
5/16/2022 • 26 minutes, 57 seconds
Ep 7: Fossil Fools
How long will it take Ireland get off Russian gas and oil, and then all gas and oil?
5/9/2022 • 27 minutes, 16 seconds
Ep 6: Nuclear Fallout
Did the success of the anti nuclear protests of the 1970s tie the hands of those trying to tackle the climate crisis in the 2020s?
11/29/2021 • 26 minutes, 11 seconds
Ep5: The revolution will be delayed
Does the absence of a national Hydrogen Plan mean Ireland is letting a golden opportunity to cut emissions slip? And in the absence of that plan, are fossil fuel companies making their own?
11/22/2021 • 26 minutes, 16 seconds
Ep 4: In a puff of smoke
Climate Change means wildfires in Ireland are going to increase in frequency and intensity. We reveal for the first time the CO2 emissions created by accidental and controlled burning.
11/15/2021 • 25 minutes, 32 seconds
Ep 3: The Last Drop
The debate about cutting emissions from agriculture is dogged by dispute, division and denial of science. Is there a way of finding common ground between environmentalists and farmers?
11/8/2021 • 26 minutes, 2 seconds
Ep 2: That sinking feeling
Might a growing protest campaign against Bord Na Mona's rewetting of bogs derail one of Ireland's most important climate actions before its begun?
10/31/2021 • 25 minutes, 41 seconds
Ep 1: We've got a bit of a wind problem
A major wrinkle in meeting Ireland's renewable energy targets. Are wealthy vested interests standing in the way of vital national infrastructure or is there a public problem with wind and solar power.
10/26/2021 • 26 minutes, 41 seconds
Trailer - Hot Mess
Episode 1 available October 26th. Presented by Philip Boucher-Hayes.