Time has come for exnovation away from fossil fuels The fuel shortages caused by the US-Israel war on Iran highlight the need to move towards more peaceful renewable-based futures

ICARUS Professor Jennie Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social highlights the need for “exnovation” – the deliberate shift away from harmful processes or products that no longer serve society well – in her latest piece for The Irish Times.

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Climate body chair criticises govts for ignoring warnings The chair of the Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Advisory Council has said that if governments had heeded their warnings in the past and implemented just a proportion of them in full, the c...

ICARUS Director Prof Peter Thorne spoke to RTÉ as Chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council’s Adaptation Committee following its latest report: “If even a proportion of recommendations had been implemented, we would not be in the mess we are now.”
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A new World Weather Attribution study shows recent extreme March temperatures in western North America would have been virtually impossible without climate change.

Great to see ICARUS Postdoctoral Researcher @clairebergin.bsky.social contributing as a reviewer 👏

Jennie C Stephens: Ireland can offer hope as militarisation hastens climate catastrophe Irish neutrality shields us from involvement in senseless wars and helps us limit environmental damage

Militarisation and war are catastrophic for climate justice - and are boosting corporate climate obstruction. Check out my latest column in @theirishtimestoday.bsky.social

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Renewable energy discourses of fossil fuel companies: obstruction and delay of climate action - Energy, Sustainability and Society Background For decades, multinational fossil fuel companies have strategically promoted discourses to obstruct climate action. Initially, the fossil fuel industry publicized communications that denied...

Our new research reveals how the world’s largest fossil fuel companies undermine renewables in their corporate communication.

Powerful corporations reinforce negative misleading narratives to reinforce fossil fuel dependence and slow down shift to renewables.

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