Ola Løkken Nordrum
@olaln.bsky.social
🌱 Fighting for a fairer, greener and healthier planet for all!
🩺 Roaming Anaesthesiology Trainee.
🌍 Proud member of @irishdocsenv.bsky.social.
🔥 #BanFossilAds
💭 #ReimagineDublin
✍️ https://substack.com/@olanordrum
🩺 Roaming Anaesthesiology Trainee.
🌍 Proud member of @irishdocsenv.bsky.social.
🔥 #BanFossilAds
💭 #ReimagineDublin
✍️ https://substack.com/@olanordrum
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Ola Løkken Nordrum
@olaln.bsky.social
· Sep 14
Opinion: We should aim to be the first generation to experience more nature, not less
Our relationship with nature is broken but fixing it could be the key to happier, healthier lives, writes Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum.
www.thejournal.ie
Let’s be the first generation in Ireland to experience more, wilder and healthier nature, not less.
The benefits would be endless!
My piece in the Journal this week.
The benefits would be endless!
My piece in the Journal this week.
Anything to be said for a fully integrated transport app?
Dublin Bus contactless payments may not arrive until 2028
Keep your coins at the ready...
lovindublin.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Anything to be said for a fully integrated transport app?
Let’s bring a public Lido to George’s Dock that’s affordable, inclusive and respectful of this iconic site’s heritage 🌊.
The Council is finally asking what the public wants — and this is our chance to be heard!
Please complete the survey today:
➤ Choose “Recreation”
➤ Then select “Swimming Pool”
The Council is finally asking what the public wants — and this is our chance to be heard!
Please complete the survey today:
➤ Choose “Recreation”
➤ Then select “Swimming Pool”
engage.dublincity.ie
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Let’s bring a public Lido to George’s Dock that’s affordable, inclusive and respectful of this iconic site’s heritage 🌊.
The Council is finally asking what the public wants — and this is our chance to be heard!
Please complete the survey today:
➤ Choose “Recreation”
➤ Then select “Swimming Pool”
The Council is finally asking what the public wants — and this is our chance to be heard!
Please complete the survey today:
➤ Choose “Recreation”
➤ Then select “Swimming Pool”
In the midst of climate breakdown, fossil fuel lobbyists continue to pull the strings of the puppet show that COP has become.
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In the midst of climate breakdown, fossil fuel lobbyists continue to pull the strings of the puppet show that COP has become.
Prove me wrong.
The quays along the Liffey (Northside and Southside) are the perfect example of what not to do for active transport.
It's a hostile, dangerous mess.
The quays along the Liffey (Northside and Southside) are the perfect example of what not to do for active transport.
It's a hostile, dangerous mess.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Prove me wrong.
The quays along the Liffey (Northside and Southside) are the perfect example of what not to do for active transport.
It's a hostile, dangerous mess.
The quays along the Liffey (Northside and Southside) are the perfect example of what not to do for active transport.
It's a hostile, dangerous mess.
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
This is symptomatic of Dublin City Council’s approach to active travel infrastructure.
No understanding. No respect for cyclists.
Providing a safe alternative during works isn’t a big ask — it’s the bare minimum.
No understanding. No respect for cyclists.
Providing a safe alternative during works isn’t a big ask — it’s the bare minimum.
"Upgrading" a cycle path should NOT mean endangering cyclists.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is symptomatic of Dublin City Council’s approach to active travel infrastructure.
No understanding. No respect for cyclists.
Providing a safe alternative during works isn’t a big ask — it’s the bare minimum.
No understanding. No respect for cyclists.
Providing a safe alternative during works isn’t a big ask — it’s the bare minimum.
"Upgrading" a cycle path should NOT mean endangering cyclists.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"Upgrading" a cycle path should NOT mean endangering cyclists.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
The state of Dublin... The mismanagement, the mess, combined with the complete lack of leadership and accountability.
You despair.
You despair.
Councillors complain, again, of hotel-spreading in Portobello. In mid-October, a new fence went up, connected to the NYX hotel, blocking off a stretch of gravel and grass by the Grand Canal.
Councillors complain, again, of hotel-spreading in Portobello
In mid-October, a new fence went up, connected to the NYX hotel, blocking off a stretch of gravel and grass by the Grand Canal.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The state of Dublin... The mismanagement, the mess, combined with the complete lack of leadership and accountability.
You despair.
You despair.
Delighted to join the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast to talk about climate action in healthcare - why it matters, what’s already happening, and how we turn ambition into real change for patients, staff and the wider Irish community.
#120 Climate Action in Healthcare
open.spotify.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Delighted to join the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast to talk about climate action in healthcare - why it matters, what’s already happening, and how we turn ambition into real change for patients, staff and the wider Irish community.
Over-engineered, unnecessarily complicated, and somehow still too narrow + plenty of built-in conflict between cyclists and pedestrians.
And the best part?
It doesn’t actually connect to anything… so it’s basically a decorative bike path.
But hey, I’m sure someone got to tick a box somewhere ✅
And the best part?
It doesn’t actually connect to anything… so it’s basically a decorative bike path.
But hey, I’m sure someone got to tick a box somewhere ✅
For those interested, this is the new cycle-lane being built along by Dodder Park.
@irishcycle.com @olaln.bsky.social
@irishcycle.com @olaln.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Over-engineered, unnecessarily complicated, and somehow still too narrow + plenty of built-in conflict between cyclists and pedestrians.
And the best part?
It doesn’t actually connect to anything… so it’s basically a decorative bike path.
But hey, I’m sure someone got to tick a box somewhere ✅
And the best part?
It doesn’t actually connect to anything… so it’s basically a decorative bike path.
But hey, I’m sure someone got to tick a box somewhere ✅
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
For those interested, this is the new cycle-lane being built along by Dodder Park.
@irishcycle.com @olaln.bsky.social
@irishcycle.com @olaln.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
For those interested, this is the new cycle-lane being built along by Dodder Park.
@irishcycle.com @olaln.bsky.social
@irishcycle.com @olaln.bsky.social
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
One planet. Two 'realities'.
The Irish government may talk the talk — but their actions speak louder than any promises.
Amid climate-driven suffering, they continue to prioritise profit over people, the planet, and public health.
It really is that simple.
The Irish government may talk the talk — but their actions speak louder than any promises.
Amid climate-driven suffering, they continue to prioritise profit over people, the planet, and public health.
It really is that simple.
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
One planet. Two 'realities'.
The Irish government may talk the talk — but their actions speak louder than any promises.
Amid climate-driven suffering, they continue to prioritise profit over people, the planet, and public health.
It really is that simple.
The Irish government may talk the talk — but their actions speak louder than any promises.
Amid climate-driven suffering, they continue to prioritise profit over people, the planet, and public health.
It really is that simple.
Ryanair’s latest “look how much we’re flying” graphic leaves out a pretty important detail: their emissions and consequent harm to human health.
Pretty important as they're one of Europe's most polluting companies, but not to worry, I fixed it.
Pretty important as they're one of Europe's most polluting companies, but not to worry, I fixed it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ryanair’s latest “look how much we’re flying” graphic leaves out a pretty important detail: their emissions and consequent harm to human health.
Pretty important as they're one of Europe's most polluting companies, but not to worry, I fixed it.
Pretty important as they're one of Europe's most polluting companies, but not to worry, I fixed it.
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
🎙️ New Climate Conversations episode!
Our very own @olaln.bsky.social and @orlaghgaynor.bsky.social dive into the power of storytelling to spark climate action. 🌍
Orlagh shares a piece of climate fiction that imagines a hopeful future — the one we could build if leaders acted boldly today!
Our very own @olaln.bsky.social and @orlaghgaynor.bsky.social dive into the power of storytelling to spark climate action. 🌍
Orlagh shares a piece of climate fiction that imagines a hopeful future — the one we could build if leaders acted boldly today!
What if they fixed it?
open.spotify.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🎙️ New Climate Conversations episode!
Our very own @olaln.bsky.social and @orlaghgaynor.bsky.social dive into the power of storytelling to spark climate action. 🌍
Orlagh shares a piece of climate fiction that imagines a hopeful future — the one we could build if leaders acted boldly today!
Our very own @olaln.bsky.social and @orlaghgaynor.bsky.social dive into the power of storytelling to spark climate action. 🌍
Orlagh shares a piece of climate fiction that imagines a hopeful future — the one we could build if leaders acted boldly today!
A harrowing, heartbreaking read.
We all have a moral and legal obligation, not only to speak out, but to act.
Read this piece. Share it. Talk to your friends and loved ones about it. Do it today. Do it tomorrow. Don't stop.
Keep speaking out. Keep acting.
We all have a moral and legal obligation, not only to speak out, but to act.
Read this piece. Share it. Talk to your friends and loved ones about it. Do it today. Do it tomorrow. Don't stop.
Keep speaking out. Keep acting.
Torture and health worker complicity in Israeli detention sites
Multiple credible reports have emerged since 2023 detailing the torture and inhumane treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli detention sites.12345678 At least 75 Palestinians—including children—have...
www.bmj.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A harrowing, heartbreaking read.
We all have a moral and legal obligation, not only to speak out, but to act.
Read this piece. Share it. Talk to your friends and loved ones about it. Do it today. Do it tomorrow. Don't stop.
Keep speaking out. Keep acting.
We all have a moral and legal obligation, not only to speak out, but to act.
Read this piece. Share it. Talk to your friends and loved ones about it. Do it today. Do it tomorrow. Don't stop.
Keep speaking out. Keep acting.
This is brilliant!
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is brilliant!
The world health community must acknowledge its responsibility: Restoring and protecting nature is crucial to restore and protect human health and the time for doing so is now.
Very proud of this article recently published in the BMJ Leader!
#PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth
Very proud of this article recently published in the BMJ Leader!
#PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth
Moving beyond net-zero to a nature-positive healthcare sector
Three years have passed since the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), where the global health community united around the significant COP26 Health Programme.1 This initiative marked...
bmjleader.bmj.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The world health community must acknowledge its responsibility: Restoring and protecting nature is crucial to restore and protect human health and the time for doing so is now.
Very proud of this article recently published in the BMJ Leader!
#PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth
Very proud of this article recently published in the BMJ Leader!
#PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
Only about 10% of the world's population has ever flown. Yet, the aviation industry is responsible for roughly 2–4% of global CO₂ emissions. Does that seem fair?
Why should our flights around the world be subsidised and encouraged at such a cost to the planet?
This must change.
Why should our flights around the world be subsidised and encouraged at such a cost to the planet?
This must change.
Opinion: Expanding Dublin Airport now would fly in the face of climate reality
Letting various aviation expenses to go untaxed has made air travel artificially cheap despite its massive drain on the environment, writes Aoife O’Leary.
www.thejournal.ie
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Only about 10% of the world's population has ever flown. Yet, the aviation industry is responsible for roughly 2–4% of global CO₂ emissions. Does that seem fair?
Why should our flights around the world be subsidised and encouraged at such a cost to the planet?
This must change.
Why should our flights around the world be subsidised and encouraged at such a cost to the planet?
This must change.
Air travel remains artificially cheap despite its massive drain on the environment. It’s time for change.
The cost of flying must reflect the enormous harm the aviation industry is causing to our planet.
The cost of flying must reflect the enormous harm the aviation industry is causing to our planet.
Opinion: Expanding Dublin Airport now would fly in the face of climate reality
Letting various aviation expenses to go untaxed has made air travel artificially cheap despite its massive drain on the environment, writes Aoife O’Leary.
www.thejournal.ie
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Air travel remains artificially cheap despite its massive drain on the environment. It’s time for change.
The cost of flying must reflect the enormous harm the aviation industry is causing to our planet.
The cost of flying must reflect the enormous harm the aviation industry is causing to our planet.
It's time to make the polluters pay and healthcare workers have a key role to play!
Big emitters must be held responsible for deaths caused by climate change
What role can the medical profession play in helping to attribute blame?
In October the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change reported that between 2012 and 2021 an average of 546 000 people ...
www.bmj.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It's time to make the polluters pay and healthcare workers have a key role to play!
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
Talking about the benefits of active transport is as well and good, but what really makes the difference is the infrastructure.
Build it and they will come!
Let's get moving Dublin!
Build it and they will come!
Let's get moving Dublin!
Dublin has all the ingredients to be a world-class cycling city, but we need a real shift in thinking, ambition, and action.
We need to move from talking the talk to walking (and cycling) the walk.
Because as is, this is what it feels like to cycle in Dublin 👎
#ReimagineDublin
We need to move from talking the talk to walking (and cycling) the walk.
Because as is, this is what it feels like to cycle in Dublin 👎
#ReimagineDublin
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Talking about the benefits of active transport is as well and good, but what really makes the difference is the infrastructure.
Build it and they will come!
Let's get moving Dublin!
Build it and they will come!
Let's get moving Dublin!
Dublin has all the ingredients to be a world-class cycling city, but we need a real shift in thinking, ambition, and action.
We need to move from talking the talk to walking (and cycling) the walk.
Because as is, this is what it feels like to cycle in Dublin 👎
#ReimagineDublin
We need to move from talking the talk to walking (and cycling) the walk.
Because as is, this is what it feels like to cycle in Dublin 👎
#ReimagineDublin
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Dublin has all the ingredients to be a world-class cycling city, but we need a real shift in thinking, ambition, and action.
We need to move from talking the talk to walking (and cycling) the walk.
Because as is, this is what it feels like to cycle in Dublin 👎
#ReimagineDublin
We need to move from talking the talk to walking (and cycling) the walk.
Because as is, this is what it feels like to cycle in Dublin 👎
#ReimagineDublin
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
Ireland is one of the few European countries where road deaths have risen since 2019.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Ireland is one of the few European countries where road deaths have risen since 2019.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
That’s not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy.
Data from the European Commission.
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
Numerous reasons. This is a fairly terribly bike lane to begin with, but the lack of basic maintenance (as pointed out here) is an obvious reason as well.
Most cycle lanes being installed in Dublin are nothing more than a tick box exercise.
Most cycle lanes being installed in Dublin are nothing more than a tick box exercise.
Why don't bloody cyclists use the cycle-lanes?
This is the new cycle-lane on E Wall Rd. It's like this all the time. This is a common issue with cycle-lanes all across the city. The drainage here was never adequate. Who audits these projects to check if they're constructed correctly?
This is the new cycle-lane on E Wall Rd. It's like this all the time. This is a common issue with cycle-lanes all across the city. The drainage here was never adequate. Who audits these projects to check if they're constructed correctly?
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Numerous reasons. This is a fairly terribly bike lane to begin with, but the lack of basic maintenance (as pointed out here) is an obvious reason as well.
Most cycle lanes being installed in Dublin are nothing more than a tick box exercise.
Most cycle lanes being installed in Dublin are nothing more than a tick box exercise.
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Reposted by Ola Løkken Nordrum
This is not on individual farmers.
But the fact that farming organisations & politicians can watch an ecological and climate catastrophe unfold in real time & still demand “discounts” on climate fines & more derogations is staggering.
It is indefensible & shows a blatant refusal to face reality.
But the fact that farming organisations & politicians can watch an ecological and climate catastrophe unfold in real time & still demand “discounts” on climate fines & more derogations is staggering.
It is indefensible & shows a blatant refusal to face reality.
Around 2,000 farmers attended a meeting in a mart on the nitrates derogation last night
The nitrates derogation is a key exception that allows Irish farmers to use more nitrogen than other EU farmers.
www.thejournal.ie
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is not on individual farmers.
But the fact that farming organisations & politicians can watch an ecological and climate catastrophe unfold in real time & still demand “discounts” on climate fines & more derogations is staggering.
It is indefensible & shows a blatant refusal to face reality.
But the fact that farming organisations & politicians can watch an ecological and climate catastrophe unfold in real time & still demand “discounts” on climate fines & more derogations is staggering.
It is indefensible & shows a blatant refusal to face reality.