Key learning points from the Met Office seminar on Northern Ireland's changing climate, including the potential influence of a strong El Niño event.
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NIW challenges
Originally published on the previous Blogger site on 28 March 2024.
A loss of trust
Originally published on the previous Blogger site on 19 November 2024.
Archive post from 2021 ‘When the grass doesn’t grow’.
Originally published: 6 August 2021 What happens when the grass doesn't grow? Not such an outlandish thought, indeed recently DAERA issued a warning to the agricultural sector about the impact of prolonged very hot weather on fodder supplies later in the year. Simply put, as climate change means more extreme events, hotter weather in summer, … Continue reading Archive post from 2021 ‘When the grass doesn’t grow’.
Archive post from 2023 ‘Lough Neagh’.
Originally published: September 2023 We have become used to hearing the term anthropogenic climate change used to define the human activity which is leading to the progressively catastrophic changes in climate. There are other challenges quickly coming to the fore, with the realisation that many have already occurred, anthropogenic ecological and environmental collapse will define … Continue reading Archive post from 2023 ‘Lough Neagh’.
doli incapax
The current consideration of a proposal to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland from 10 to 14 is the latest in a series of reforms over the past 100 years. While there are competing views based on recommendations from the United Nations and other international bodies, Northern Ireland has traditionally looked inward … Continue reading doli incapax
A baseline to start from.
The Chief Executive of Marks and Spencers, speaking at an event in Northern Ireland in 2025 stated that “Northern Ireland, with 3% of the UK population produced 25% of UK food”. While M&S have one of the strongest commitments to British farming amongst all of the UK supermarket chains his statement masks frailities in Northern … Continue reading A baseline to start from.
The White House
It’s the time of year when politicians normally depart these shores for the green tinged haze of Washington, a US political nod to the Irish American diaspora. Unionism, after many years avoiding the breakfasts, canapés and chicken dinners, now engage with the frivolity. That’s in normal times, these are certainly not. The gold standard invitation … Continue reading The White House
Unionism – A discussion
Periodically the thoughts of some unionists turn to unity, not of Ireland, but of unionism. From a recognition of a loss of power, a loss of control and, to some degree, a loss of political direction comes a desire to gather those of like mind ever closer together. With that desire comes an overwhelming belief … Continue reading Unionism – A discussion
A worthwhile read
https://open.substack.com/pub/heated/p/climate-science-isnt-giving-your?r=35s2u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email Emily Atkin from Heated covers the real background to some of Trump's decisions and it's really useful to understand the underlying agenda.
Cicero's Voice 