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Treoraigh do Thodhchaí

Tionscnamh nua do dhaoine óga chun iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar an gcaoi le nuálaíochtaí comhshaoil a spreagadh tríd an nGaeilge agus traidisiúin a bhaineann léi.

22 Jan 2025

Community|Students|Sustainability

New initiative for young people to explore how Irish language and traditions can inspire environmental innovations

Dublin City Council and the CONNECT Centre's Academy of the Near Future, in partnership with Gael Linn’s Gaelbhratach team, has launched ‘Treoraigh do Thodhchaí’.

22 Jan 2025

Community|Students|Sustainability

An Urban Forest on Campus

Conor Davis worked for Intel for 30 years and decided it was time to do something with more of an impact. That’s when he stumbled on a YouTube video featuring Prof Quentin Crowley on Climate Entrepreneurship and Systems Thinking.

14 Jan 2025

Sustainability

Can native woodland flourish without farmers? They also deserve a just transition

There are ongoing calls and policy targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and afforestation is identified as a vital solution to mitigating impacts, but significant challenges remain.

10 Jan 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

CONNECT Centre awards over €500,000 to fund women-led STEAM research projects

Four awardees will now lead innovative projects with goals that range from improving the communications systems used by autonomous vehicles to creating eco-friendly options for powering wearable technologies.

7 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Sustainability

Trinity project Climate Smart showcased at Climate Education Day 2024

Professor Anna Davies has been working for the past three years developing resources with and for Transition Year students in Ireland to help them get to grips with the wicked problem of climate change adaptation.

28 Nov 2024

Environment|Science|Students|Sustainability

AIB commits €10m investment to AIB Trinity Climate Hub

The AIB Trinity Climate Hub will bring researchers together to address challenges around maintaining a stable and liveable climate, securing biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by nature, adapting to climate change, and reversing water degradation.

25 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Business|Community|Environment|Sustainability

Researchers team up with CKDelta to take AI approach to tackling key challenges of utilities sector

Researchers from Trinity and the ADAPT Centre, funded by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, are partnering with CKDelta to take an AI-driven approach to addressing some of the key efficiency and sustainability challenges..

12 Nov 2024

Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity students and staff observe COP29

The 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is taking place over the next two weeks in Baku, Azerbaijan. Trinity gained observer status last year, which means representatives access seminars, panels and networking opportunities, but not the negotiations.

11 Nov 2024

Sustainability

Biodiversity COP: Global climate efforts and gains made, but no clear agreement

Dr Siobhan McQuaid writes about her experience of COP16, the latest biodiversity summit, in an opinion piece for the Journal. She says there are many reasons to have hope.

11 Nov 2024

Business|Environment|Society|Sustainability