Alison Gilliland
@alisongilliland.bsky.social
Life is too short not to voice what matters to make society a better, fairer & more sustainable place. 🇪🇺 Climate Pact Ambassador among other things.
Dublín, Ireland
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-alison-gilliland-2043a517/
Dublín, Ireland
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-alison-gilliland-2043a517/
‘The pragmatic purpose of diplomatic networks and development programs is to build alliances that can be relied on in times of trouble.’
A really dangerous approach to defense and the need for a robust ‘prevention is better than cure’ strategy.
A really dangerous approach to defense and the need for a robust ‘prevention is better than cure’ strategy.
Industrialized economies are increasingly turning their backs on aid and diplomacy to build up their armies.
But analysts fear that hostile and unreliable states like Russia, China and Turkey will step in to fill the gap.
🔗 politi.co/4i4fUWR
But analysts fear that hostile and unreliable states like Russia, China and Turkey will step in to fill the gap.
🔗 politi.co/4i4fUWR
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
‘The pragmatic purpose of diplomatic networks and development programs is to build alliances that can be relied on in times of trouble.’
A really dangerous approach to defense and the need for a robust ‘prevention is better than cure’ strategy.
A really dangerous approach to defense and the need for a robust ‘prevention is better than cure’ strategy.
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How can wood construction help cut embodied carbon in housing?🏡
Our session at the Decarbonisation Summit brings together voices from the UN, public housing, industry, architecture and the New European Bauhaus to share lessons from the LIFE BE-WoodEN project.🪵
✍️https://tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu
Our session at the Decarbonisation Summit brings together voices from the UN, public housing, industry, architecture and the New European Bauhaus to share lessons from the LIFE BE-WoodEN project.🪵
✍️https://tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How can wood construction help cut embodied carbon in housing?🏡
Our session at the Decarbonisation Summit brings together voices from the UN, public housing, industry, architecture and the New European Bauhaus to share lessons from the LIFE BE-WoodEN project.🪵
✍️https://tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu
Our session at the Decarbonisation Summit brings together voices from the UN, public housing, industry, architecture and the New European Bauhaus to share lessons from the LIFE BE-WoodEN project.🪵
✍️https://tinyurl.com/4c6rjueu
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Opinion: I'm marching for climate action today. It might seem futile, but here's why it matters jrnl.ie/6871441
Opinion: I'm marching for climate action today. It might seem futile, but here's why it matters
Garry Walsh lets us in on why he’s taking part in the national climate march happening in Dublin this afternoon.
jrnl.ie
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Opinion: I'm marching for climate action today. It might seem futile, but here's why it matters jrnl.ie/6871441
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Yesterday, the European Parliament’s center-right EPP relied on the support of far-right groups to approve cuts to green rules.
It ushers in a different era for the Parliament, in which political pragmatism triumphs over principle.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
It ushers in a different era for the Parliament, in which political pragmatism triumphs over principle.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Yesterday, the European Parliament’s center-right EPP relied on the support of far-right groups to approve cuts to green rules.
It ushers in a different era for the Parliament, in which political pragmatism triumphs over principle.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
It ushers in a different era for the Parliament, in which political pragmatism triumphs over principle.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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CLAVES🔎 | ¿Quiénes son D66? Los liberales progresistas que frenan a la ultraderecha en Países Bajos.
✍️@imanerachidi.bsky.social
✍️@imanerachidi.bsky.social
¿Quiénes son D66? Los liberales progresistas que frenan a la ultraderecha en Países Bajos - EFE
El partido liberal progresista D66 ha frenado el avance de la ultraderecha en Países Bajos. Conoce más sobre ellos.
efe.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
CLAVES🔎 | ¿Quiénes son D66? Los liberales progresistas que frenan a la ultraderecha en Países Bajos.
✍️@imanerachidi.bsky.social
✍️@imanerachidi.bsky.social
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“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social
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Climate was a key topic at today's EUCO summit, with some countries fearful the EU’s green targets could leash their economies.
Pedro Sánchez disagrees. Speaking to reporters after the talks, the Spanish PM came out in defense of the green rules.
Follow along: www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
Pedro Sánchez disagrees. Speaking to reporters after the talks, the Spanish PM came out in defense of the green rules.
Follow along: www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Climate was a key topic at today's EUCO summit, with some countries fearful the EU’s green targets could leash their economies.
Pedro Sánchez disagrees. Speaking to reporters after the talks, the Spanish PM came out in defense of the green rules.
Follow along: www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
Pedro Sánchez disagrees. Speaking to reporters after the talks, the Spanish PM came out in defense of the green rules.
Follow along: www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
Housing is a right, not a privilege.
This year, we will present the Affordable Housing Plan – to make housing more affordable, sustainable and fair for all Europeans.
Today is the last day to contribute to the open public consultation.
#HaveYourSay → link.europa.eu/6fHwB3
This year, we will present the Affordable Housing Plan – to make housing more affordable, sustainable and fair for all Europeans.
Today is the last day to contribute to the open public consultation.
#HaveYourSay → link.europa.eu/6fHwB3
October 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The Living City Initiative only works if the property owners have access to the capital needed to undertake the renovation works which can be complex and costly. Hence 👇🏼
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
Only 242 applications in 10 years for tax scheme to renovate older Dublin houses
Tax measure expanded in Budget 2026 has seen ‘shockingly poor’ uptake
www.irishtimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Living City Initiative only works if the property owners have access to the capital needed to undertake the renovation works which can be complex and costly. Hence 👇🏼
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
Incredulous 👇🏼😢
Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.
I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1
The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.
www.rte.ie
October 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Incredulous 👇🏼😢
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The vote, which passes 178 votes to 169, enshrines into law an embargo that has been in effect since the war began.
Spain’s parliament formally approves Israel arms embargo
The vote, which passes 178 votes to 169, enshrines into law an embargo that has been in effect since the war began.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The vote, which passes 178 votes to 169, enshrines into law an embargo that has been in effect since the war began.
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We’re taking action to make housing more affordable — for more people, more quickly.
📢 Today, we’re launching a public consultation on our revised State aid rules to help Member States boost affordable housing.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
📢 Today, we’re launching a public consultation on our revised State aid rules to help Member States boost affordable housing.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission consults on revised State aid rules for better access to affordable housing
The European Commission has today launched a public consultation on the revision of the State aid rules to help Member States with affordable housing. This revision of the services of general economic
ec.europa.eu
October 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We’re taking action to make housing more affordable — for more people, more quickly.
📢 Today, we’re launching a public consultation on our revised State aid rules to help Member States boost affordable housing.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
📢 Today, we’re launching a public consultation on our revised State aid rules to help Member States boost affordable housing.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Beautiful colours out there this morning 🏃🏻♀️☀️🏃🏻♀️
September 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Beautiful colours out there this morning 🏃🏻♀️☀️🏃🏻♀️
‘if you cannot persuade decision-makers that killing people is wrong, you will never persuade them that killing other life forms is also wrong’
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘if you cannot persuade decision-makers that killing people is wrong, you will never persuade them that killing other life forms is also wrong’
Beautifully autumnal 🍁🏃🏻♀️🍂 out there 🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍁
September 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Beautifully autumnal 🍁🏃🏻♀️🍂 out there 🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍂🏃🏻♀️🍁🍁
Gorgeous morning out there! 🏃🏻♀️😎🏃🏻♀️
September 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Gorgeous morning out there! 🏃🏻♀️😎🏃🏻♀️
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Failing to address climate change is very expensive.
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Failing to address climate change is very expensive.
A heavy drizzle 🌧️ but not cold 🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️Happy Friday!
September 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
A heavy drizzle 🌧️ but not cold 🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️Happy Friday!
Gorgeous morning 😎🏃🏻♀️🍂
September 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Gorgeous morning 😎🏃🏻♀️🍂
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“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community
Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...
today.ucsd.edu
September 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
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“Fine-particulate air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia by triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein that destroy nerve cells as they spread through the brain, research suggests.”
“Unlike age or genetics, this is something we can change.”
“Unlike age or genetics, this is something we can change.”
Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests
Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Fine-particulate air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia by triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein that destroy nerve cells as they spread through the brain, research suggests.”
“Unlike age or genetics, this is something we can change.”
“Unlike age or genetics, this is something we can change.”
Stimulating public lecture on strengthening democracy by @anthonyzach.be from @demsoc.org organised by @dublincityuni.bsky.social fabulously captured in this illustration
September 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Stimulating public lecture on strengthening democracy by @anthonyzach.be from @demsoc.org organised by @dublincityuni.bsky.social fabulously captured in this illustration
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