Callum Swift
@wildmed.bsky.social
🇮🇪 EM doctor based in Galway
🔥 Climate and Health research and advocacy with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social IAEM, IFEM and GreenED
🤟 Founder wildmed
🌱 Building local community resilience with Moycullen community growers
🔥 Climate and Health research and advocacy with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social IAEM, IFEM and GreenED
🤟 Founder wildmed
🌱 Building local community resilience with Moycullen community growers
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IDE and Galway Hospital GreenED support the urgent Connemara Greenway completion. Greenways are a proven, cost-effective intervention that improve physical and mental health, reduce air pollution and road danger, strengthen local economies, and expand sustainable tourism.
September 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
IDE and Galway Hospital GreenED support the urgent Connemara Greenway completion. Greenways are a proven, cost-effective intervention that improve physical and mental health, reduce air pollution and road danger, strengthen local economies, and expand sustainable tourism.
very excited to be speaking as part of the panel on this excellent webinar - Driving sustainable Emergency Care with speed and scale!
Still time to register, it's free and starting at 12.30 Irish time
eusem.org/webinars/104...
Still time to register, it's free and starting at 12.30 Irish time
eusem.org/webinars/104...
Eusem - Upcoming EM Monthly Webinar: Driving Sustainable Emergency Care — With Speed and Scale
Join us for this hugely exciting EM Monthly Webinar coming up on 28th August Date: 28th August 2025 Time: 13:30pm (CEST) Location: Online (free registration required) Host: European Society ...
eusem.org
August 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
very excited to be speaking as part of the panel on this excellent webinar - Driving sustainable Emergency Care with speed and scale!
Still time to register, it's free and starting at 12.30 Irish time
eusem.org/webinars/104...
Still time to register, it's free and starting at 12.30 Irish time
eusem.org/webinars/104...
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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August 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Get more cartoons and other funny stuff in your inbox: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/h...
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Really enjoyed sitting down with @universityofgalway.bsky.social economist Professor Karen Morrissey for the latest @irishdocsenv.bsky.social podcast episode.
Now available on Spotify here:
open.spotify.com/episode/2Mmc...
Now available on Spotify here:
open.spotify.com/episode/2Mmc...
The Economics of Climate Change and Climate Adaptation with Professor Karyn Morrissey
Climate Conversations · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Really enjoyed sitting down with @universityofgalway.bsky.social economist Professor Karen Morrissey for the latest @irishdocsenv.bsky.social podcast episode.
Now available on Spotify here:
open.spotify.com/episode/2Mmc...
Now available on Spotify here:
open.spotify.com/episode/2Mmc...
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📢 PRESS RELEASE
Alongside the Dublin Commuter Coalition and other advocacy groups, we are calling on the Department of Transport to recommit to introducing a 30 km/h default speed limit in urban areas.
Alongside the Dublin Commuter Coalition and other advocacy groups, we are calling on the Department of Transport to recommit to introducing a 30 km/h default speed limit in urban areas.
July 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📢 PRESS RELEASE
Alongside the Dublin Commuter Coalition and other advocacy groups, we are calling on the Department of Transport to recommit to introducing a 30 km/h default speed limit in urban areas.
Alongside the Dublin Commuter Coalition and other advocacy groups, we are calling on the Department of Transport to recommit to introducing a 30 km/h default speed limit in urban areas.
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it’s wild that in canada we’re talking about building oil and gas pipelines instead of just hitting the accelerator on electrification.
the longer we stay wedded to fossil fuels, the more we’re jeopardizing not just our environmental future, but our economic one too.
the longer we stay wedded to fossil fuels, the more we’re jeopardizing not just our environmental future, but our economic one too.
“China’s dramatic surge of investment into the ’new three‘—EVs, batteries, and solar—is expected to crush oil demand by 5M barrels/day by 2030. That cheaper green tech is now enabling 100+ countries to break free from … imported hydrocarbons towards the sunlit uplands of electric self-sufficiency.”
BRICS in 2025 | The Polycrisis
Nations meet in Brasilia for the 2025 BRICS Summit. China's rise and US chaos shape the opportunities and challenges for the group.
www.phenomenalworld.org
July 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
it’s wild that in canada we’re talking about building oil and gas pipelines instead of just hitting the accelerator on electrification.
the longer we stay wedded to fossil fuels, the more we’re jeopardizing not just our environmental future, but our economic one too.
the longer we stay wedded to fossil fuels, the more we’re jeopardizing not just our environmental future, but our economic one too.
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Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars calling the IDF's actions in Gaza a genocide.
There is no debate.
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There is no debate.
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BREAKING - B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel call Israel's actions in Gaza genocide
Watch the video and read the 88-pages report entitled "Our Genocide" here www.btselem.org/publications...
Watch the video and read the 88-pages report entitled "Our Genocide" here www.btselem.org/publications...
July 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Given how important Israeli voices are in this context for obvious reasons: we now have Israel's two leading human rights NGOs in addition to many of its leading Holocaust and Genocide scholars calling the IDF's actions in Gaza a genocide.
There is no debate.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
There is no debate.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Excellent FT piece on how the EU succumbed to Trump’s trade extortion: “Rather than join Canada and China with instant retaliation and inflict pain on US consumers and businesses, the EU — hamstrung by divergent views among its member states — chose to take the pain”
on.ft.com/471fKvG
on.ft.com/471fKvG
How the EU succumbed to Trump’s tariff steamroller
Relief at avoiding trade war is tinged with regret at not taking firmer stand from the start
on.ft.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Excellent FT piece on how the EU succumbed to Trump’s trade extortion: “Rather than join Canada and China with instant retaliation and inflict pain on US consumers and businesses, the EU — hamstrung by divergent views among its member states — chose to take the pain”
on.ft.com/471fKvG
on.ft.com/471fKvG
My letter in the Irish Tines today about the ongoing catastrophe being wrought upon the Palestinians by Israel, and the profound repercussions that the failure to act will have on us all
July 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My letter in the Irish Tines today about the ongoing catastrophe being wrought upon the Palestinians by Israel, and the profound repercussions that the failure to act will have on us all
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⚡️Historic! International Court of Justice rules:
👉Climate crisis = health crisis
👉Failure to act = failure to protect life.
"Health workers & advocates now have powerful legal backing to demand bold climate action rooted in justice.” said @jenimiller.bsky.social
➕ bit.ly/3GZDdCY
#ClimateICJAO
👉Climate crisis = health crisis
👉Failure to act = failure to protect life.
"Health workers & advocates now have powerful legal backing to demand bold climate action rooted in justice.” said @jenimiller.bsky.social
➕ bit.ly/3GZDdCY
#ClimateICJAO
The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis - International Court of Justice Ruling Reaction from Health Community
The International Court of Justice has delivered a historic affirmation: the climate crisis is a health crisis—and failure to act is a failure to protect life."
bit.ly
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
⚡️Historic! International Court of Justice rules:
👉Climate crisis = health crisis
👉Failure to act = failure to protect life.
"Health workers & advocates now have powerful legal backing to demand bold climate action rooted in justice.” said @jenimiller.bsky.social
➕ bit.ly/3GZDdCY
#ClimateICJAO
👉Climate crisis = health crisis
👉Failure to act = failure to protect life.
"Health workers & advocates now have powerful legal backing to demand bold climate action rooted in justice.” said @jenimiller.bsky.social
➕ bit.ly/3GZDdCY
#ClimateICJAO
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Healthy environment is a human right, top UN court rules in landmark climate case
Healthy environment is a human right, top UN court rules in landmark climate case
‘This is the start of a new era of climate accountability at a global level’ - Greenpeace
www.irishtimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Healthy environment is a human right, top UN court rules in landmark climate case
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We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
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It's time to prioritise people, not cars.
It's time to make transport a source of health and wellbeing.
#SustainableTransport #ActiveTransport
It's time to make transport a source of health and wellbeing.
#SustainableTransport #ActiveTransport
July 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's time to prioritise people, not cars.
It's time to make transport a source of health and wellbeing.
#SustainableTransport #ActiveTransport
It's time to make transport a source of health and wellbeing.
#SustainableTransport #ActiveTransport
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After almost 2 years of refusing to use the word “genocide” The NY Times publishes this now that the slaughter of Gaza is in its final stages.
Get ready for loads of revisionist history from Corp News on the Gaza genocide just like with the invasion of Iraq.
And coming soon, the climate emergency.
Get ready for loads of revisionist history from Corp News on the Gaza genocide just like with the invasion of Iraq.
And coming soon, the climate emergency.
July 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After almost 2 years of refusing to use the word “genocide” The NY Times publishes this now that the slaughter of Gaza is in its final stages.
Get ready for loads of revisionist history from Corp News on the Gaza genocide just like with the invasion of Iraq.
And coming soon, the climate emergency.
Get ready for loads of revisionist history from Corp News on the Gaza genocide just like with the invasion of Iraq.
And coming soon, the climate emergency.
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Awarding the UN's Francesca Albanese a Nobel Peace Prize would be powerful global recognition of her great courage in speaking out against genocide in Gaza.
It would be a clear statement of utter disgust from us all.
Please sign this @avaaz.org petition and share.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
It would be a clear statement of utter disgust from us all.
Please sign this @avaaz.org petition and share.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Nobel Peace Prize for Francesca Albanese and the doctors of Gaza
Netanyahu just nominated Trump for the Nobel peace prize. Let’s show that the world thinks - Francesca and Gaza doctors deserve it instead!
secure.avaaz.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Awarding the UN's Francesca Albanese a Nobel Peace Prize would be powerful global recognition of her great courage in speaking out against genocide in Gaza.
It would be a clear statement of utter disgust from us all.
Please sign this @avaaz.org petition and share.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
It would be a clear statement of utter disgust from us all.
Please sign this @avaaz.org petition and share.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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B roll holiday pics.
Italy and Switzerland showed me again that investment in cycling reaps a huge return on investment. Tourism through the roof, healthy people, lowered urban traffic, transport networks that work symbiotically and e-bikes literally everywhere.
We are a decade behind already.
Italy and Switzerland showed me again that investment in cycling reaps a huge return on investment. Tourism through the roof, healthy people, lowered urban traffic, transport networks that work symbiotically and e-bikes literally everywhere.
We are a decade behind already.
July 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
B roll holiday pics.
Italy and Switzerland showed me again that investment in cycling reaps a huge return on investment. Tourism through the roof, healthy people, lowered urban traffic, transport networks that work symbiotically and e-bikes literally everywhere.
We are a decade behind already.
Italy and Switzerland showed me again that investment in cycling reaps a huge return on investment. Tourism through the roof, healthy people, lowered urban traffic, transport networks that work symbiotically and e-bikes literally everywhere.
We are a decade behind already.
Feels like the reversal of the southern oceans circulation is…a big deal?
Obvs not as important as todays @irishtimes.com article on *checks notes* a sleeping passenger missing their flights lunch service
@irishdocsenv.bsky.social
www.icm.csic.es/en/news/chan...
Obvs not as important as todays @irishtimes.com article on *checks notes* a sleeping passenger missing their flights lunch service
@irishdocsenv.bsky.social
www.icm.csic.es/en/news/chan...
A change in the Southern Ocean structure can have climate implications | Institut de Ciències del Mar
www.icm.csic.es
July 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Feels like the reversal of the southern oceans circulation is…a big deal?
Obvs not as important as todays @irishtimes.com article on *checks notes* a sleeping passenger missing their flights lunch service
@irishdocsenv.bsky.social
www.icm.csic.es/en/news/chan...
Obvs not as important as todays @irishtimes.com article on *checks notes* a sleeping passenger missing their flights lunch service
@irishdocsenv.bsky.social
www.icm.csic.es/en/news/chan...
‘No one knows what will come to replace the international system that is currently collapsing around us, but any political system that prioritizes punishing those who protest genocide rather than stopping the killing has clearly exhausted itself.’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world | Moustafa Bayoumi
The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
‘No one knows what will come to replace the international system that is currently collapsing around us, but any political system that prioritizes punishing those who protest genocide rather than stopping the killing has clearly exhausted itself.’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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It blows my mind that the fossil fuel industry is still allowed access to decision makers.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
July 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It blows my mind that the fossil fuel industry is still allowed access to decision makers.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
June 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
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Gee, I wonder why. Maybe because they’re doing a bad job on climate.
Government survey finds majority of the public think it's doing a bad job on climate
Just over one in seven people who responded to the survey believed that the Government is delivering a clear climate action plan.
www.thejournal.ie
June 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Gee, I wonder why. Maybe because they’re doing a bad job on climate.
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Spot on letter by @wildmed.bsky.social!
Galway’s councillors continue to hold its people hostage with their outdated approach to transport — a second ring road.
The problem in Galway is not too few roads, but too many cars and too few viable alternatives.
Galway’s councillors continue to hold its people hostage with their outdated approach to transport — a second ring road.
The problem in Galway is not too few roads, but too many cars and too few viable alternatives.
June 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Spot on letter by @wildmed.bsky.social!
Galway’s councillors continue to hold its people hostage with their outdated approach to transport — a second ring road.
The problem in Galway is not too few roads, but too many cars and too few viable alternatives.
Galway’s councillors continue to hold its people hostage with their outdated approach to transport — a second ring road.
The problem in Galway is not too few roads, but too many cars and too few viable alternatives.
Can’t wait for this!
Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
June 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Can’t wait for this!
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Current heatwave expected to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales - analysis
- The spike in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say, with the elderly most at risk
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- The spike in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say, with the elderly most at risk
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’
Surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say as analysis published
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Current heatwave expected to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales - analysis
- The spike in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say, with the elderly most at risk
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- The spike in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say, with the elderly most at risk
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.