Paul Price
@swimsure.bsky.social
Research: climate change science & policy.
Blog: https://climate-change-and-ireland.ghost.io/
–Adjunct prof. Dublin City University
ORCID: 0000-0002-7995-6712;
–eNGO research & An Taisce member;
MSc. Sus Dev & BSc(Hon) Geology
30 yrs pro carpentry.
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Blog: https://climate-change-and-ireland.ghost.io/
–Adjunct prof. Dublin City University
ORCID: 0000-0002-7995-6712;
–eNGO research & An Taisce member;
MSc. Sus Dev & BSc(Hon) Geology
30 yrs pro carpentry.
🚲 🏊
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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TODAY!!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
Join us at the National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
TODAY!!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
TOMORROW!!!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
Join us at the National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
TOMORROW!!!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
Hope to see you there!
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For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
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And we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
"Our findings highlight how market-driven optimization pressures can systematically erode alignment, creating a race to the bottom ...
Safe deployment of AI systems will require stronger governance and carefully designed incentives to prevent competitive dynamics from undermining societal trust."
Safe deployment of AI systems will require stronger governance and carefully designed incentives to prevent competitive dynamics from undermining societal trust."
⚠️ Fascinating new research shows LLMs become misaligned when optimized for audience—even when explicitly instructed to remain truthful
Paper:
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.06105
Paper:
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.06105
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Our findings highlight how market-driven optimization pressures can systematically erode alignment, creating a race to the bottom ...
Safe deployment of AI systems will require stronger governance and carefully designed incentives to prevent competitive dynamics from undermining societal trust."
Safe deployment of AI systems will require stronger governance and carefully designed incentives to prevent competitive dynamics from undermining societal trust."
"Climate justice resists the disproportionate power of large multinational companies, & prioritises the needs of people & communities. It demands that decarbonisation and emissions reductions are linked to transformative public investments in basic services that every community needs and deserves."
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Climate justice resists the disproportionate power of large multinational companies, & prioritises the needs of people & communities. It demands that decarbonisation and emissions reductions are linked to transformative public investments in basic services that every community needs and deserves."
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Very much looking forward to this conversation with @whittledaway.bsky.social around THE LIE OF THE LAND this Sunday from 2pm in @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin City centre.
Do come along if you’re free.
Do come along if you’re free.
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Very much looking forward to this conversation with @whittledaway.bsky.social around THE LIE OF THE LAND this Sunday from 2pm in @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin City centre.
Do come along if you’re free.
Do come along if you’re free.
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Amidst Gov's attempt to hijack the common good & ur #JR rights,a contrary perspective from me on what's happening
As always the @irishexaminer.bsky.social facilitates examination 😇👏
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#eulaw
#courts
#judicialreview
#publicinterest
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
As always the @irishexaminer.bsky.social facilitates examination 😇👏
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#eulaw
#courts
#judicialreview
#publicinterest
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Judicial reviews serve the common good
Rather than castigating public-spirited ordinary people concerned by planning problems, the Government should focus on properly resourcing the planning and legal systems
www.irishexaminer.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Amidst Gov's attempt to hijack the common good & ur #JR rights,a contrary perspective from me on what's happening
As always the @irishexaminer.bsky.social facilitates examination 😇👏
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#eulaw
#courts
#judicialreview
#publicinterest
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
As always the @irishexaminer.bsky.social facilitates examination 😇👏
#accesstojustice
#aarhus
#eulaw
#courts
#judicialreview
#publicinterest
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
So the Fine Gael party – 🇮🇪 EPP member in the EU Parliament – is siding with the hard-right to downgrade citizen sustainability protections in favour of protecting corporate power.
Good to know.
Good to know.
And here is the second, 'Mr. Hyde' part of today's votes - where the EPP sides with the far-right, ranging from the ECR, to Orban & Le Pen's 'Patriots for Europe' and the AfD's 'Europe of Sovereign Nations' for a centre-right to far-right majority on the Omnibus 'deregulation':
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
So the Fine Gael party – 🇮🇪 EPP member in the EU Parliament – is siding with the hard-right to downgrade citizen sustainability protections in favour of protecting corporate power.
Good to know.
Good to know.
Climate Mass TD Lobby:
Wednesday Dec 3rd, 11am to 8pm, Buswells Hotel, Dublin.
Register for info and updates: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
Tell your TDs & Senators directly that we need a healthier, safer and fairer future, in Ireland and around the world.
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
Wednesday Dec 3rd, 11am to 8pm, Buswells Hotel, Dublin.
Register for info and updates: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
Tell your TDs & Senators directly that we need a healthier, safer and fairer future, in Ireland and around the world.
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
Sign up for the Climate Mass TD lobby!
Join us on 3rd December to speak to your TDs about the need for climate action!
www.stopclimatechaos.ie
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Climate Mass TD Lobby:
Wednesday Dec 3rd, 11am to 8pm, Buswells Hotel, Dublin.
Register for info and updates: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
Tell your TDs & Senators directly that we need a healthier, safer and fairer future, in Ireland and around the world.
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
Wednesday Dec 3rd, 11am to 8pm, Buswells Hotel, Dublin.
Register for info and updates: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
Tell your TDs & Senators directly that we need a healthier, safer and fairer future, in Ireland and around the world.
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
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Martyn Turner
Martyn Turner
November 5th, 2025
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Martyn Turner
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Join us at the National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Join us at the National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
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Back to #CoP21. Post-2, 2015-12-01:
"Enda Kenny’s boast of transitioning to a low carbon economy is parading an ever-higher carbon economy down a Paris runway clad in a laughably transparent gown of PR-spun gossamer.
If only it was just a laughing matter."
www.antaisce.org/news/cop21-a...
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"Enda Kenny’s boast of transitioning to a low carbon economy is parading an ever-higher carbon economy down a Paris runway clad in a laughably transparent gown of PR-spun gossamer.
If only it was just a laughing matter."
www.antaisce.org/news/cop21-a...
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Cop21 - A background report from Paris
Our second is from Paul Price, a member of An Taisce's Climate Change Committee. Paul is a conservation carpenter with a MSc in Sustainable Development.
www.antaisce.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Back to #CoP21. Post-2, 2015-12-01:
"Enda Kenny’s boast of transitioning to a low carbon economy is parading an ever-higher carbon economy down a Paris runway clad in a laughably transparent gown of PR-spun gossamer.
If only it was just a laughing matter."
www.antaisce.org/news/cop21-a...
3/n
"Enda Kenny’s boast of transitioning to a low carbon economy is parading an ever-higher carbon economy down a Paris runway clad in a laughably transparent gown of PR-spun gossamer.
If only it was just a laughing matter."
www.antaisce.org/news/cop21-a...
3/n
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I'll be in @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin next Sunday afternoon, chewing the cud with @thinkorswim.bsky.social about his fantastic new book 'The Lie of the Land' 🐮
Book at this link ⤵️
booksupstairs.ie/all-events/j...
Book at this link ⤵️
booksupstairs.ie/all-events/j...
John Gibbons in Conversation with Pádraic Fogarty | Books Upstairs
We are honoured to host a discussion between John Gibbons, author of The Lie of the Land, and fellow environmentalist Padraic Fogarty, on Ireland’s agricultural future in the face of climate change. J...
booksupstairs.ie
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'll be in @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin next Sunday afternoon, chewing the cud with @thinkorswim.bsky.social about his fantastic new book 'The Lie of the Land' 🐮
Book at this link ⤵️
booksupstairs.ie/all-events/j...
Book at this link ⤵️
booksupstairs.ie/all-events/j...
#CoP30 begins today, day-by-day in this thread I'll link/ quote from my #CoP21 in Paris reports ten years ago for @antaisce.bsky.social.
Maybe chiming with came to be & what's happening now, or maybe not.
First, we arrived into a city under high security yet hosting a big climate conference:
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Maybe chiming with came to be & what's happening now, or maybe not.
First, we arrived into a city under high security yet hosting a big climate conference:
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#CoP30 begins today, day-by-day in this thread I'll link/ quote from my #CoP21 in Paris reports ten years ago for @antaisce.bsky.social.
Maybe chiming with came to be & what's happening now, or maybe not.
First, we arrived into a city under high security yet hosting a big climate conference:
⏬
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Maybe chiming with came to be & what's happening now, or maybe not.
First, we arrived into a city under high security yet hosting a big climate conference:
⏬
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How screwed is the climate, how do we stop it screwing us, how do we unscrew it.
Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
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Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
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Inside the planet’s most urgent climate warning | Global Warning E1 | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
How screwed is the climate, how do we stop it screwing us, how do we unscrew it.
Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
1/3
Three episodes of Global Warning has considered answers to all the above, and @aljazeera.com has made it free to watch on YouTube.
Ep 1: How Screwed Is It? 👉 youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
1/3
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My God.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My God.
"For 1000s of years, Iranians understood the balance: Never draw more from an aquifer than nature could replenish.
That wisdom, once central to survival, has been buried under decades of short-term thinking & political negligence."
[Ireland's agri-ruled politics is water negligence too. #nitrates]
That wisdom, once central to survival, has been buried under decades of short-term thinking & political negligence."
[Ireland's agri-ruled politics is water negligence too. #nitrates]
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"For 1000s of years, Iranians understood the balance: Never draw more from an aquifer than nature could replenish.
That wisdom, once central to survival, has been buried under decades of short-term thinking & political negligence."
[Ireland's agri-ruled politics is water negligence too. #nitrates]
That wisdom, once central to survival, has been buried under decades of short-term thinking & political negligence."
[Ireland's agri-ruled politics is water negligence too. #nitrates]
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When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
From my file on the IEA's world energy outlook.
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
a
The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
a
The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
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Today I endeavoured to speak for the rivers, to provide a counter balance to the lobbyist's narrative on the polluting nitrates derogation.
Our rivers, lakes and seas deserve a chance to run healthy, wild and free from pollution
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
Our rivers, lakes and seas deserve a chance to run healthy, wild and free from pollution
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today I endeavoured to speak for the rivers, to provide a counter balance to the lobbyist's narrative on the polluting nitrates derogation.
Our rivers, lakes and seas deserve a chance to run healthy, wild and free from pollution
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
Our rivers, lakes and seas deserve a chance to run healthy, wild and free from pollution
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
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Valuable lesson here from one-time #climate “hero” Bill Gates: never, ever trust billionaires – on any subject. Only thing they care about is themselves, as I explained to Matt Cooper yesterday.
Oh, and not sure about Micheál Martin either.
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Oh, and not sure about Micheál Martin either.
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Why Bill Gates Is Wrong About Climate Change
Climate scientists have criticised billionaire Bill Gates for comments he made on climate change last week.Gates published a 17-page memo in which he called ...
www.todayfm.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Valuable lesson here from one-time #climate “hero” Bill Gates: never, ever trust billionaires – on any subject. Only thing they care about is themselves, as I explained to Matt Cooper yesterday.
Oh, and not sure about Micheál Martin either.
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Oh, and not sure about Micheál Martin either.
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
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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.
Rumour is a dirty political deal is afoot whereby Ireland gets Nitrates Derogation renewal in return for approving the EU Mercosur deal.
Makes nasty sense: IFA etc & rural TDs get to say "best we could get" to rural voters, meanwhile 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Big Dairy profit from both. Nature & health FAIL of course.
Makes nasty sense: IFA etc & rural TDs get to say "best we could get" to rural voters, meanwhile 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Big Dairy profit from both. Nature & health FAIL of course.
For those in any doubt, the ongoing nitrates derogation debate is not about the science on water quality, it's political wrangling, with our rivers, lakes and seas caught in the crossfire.
Our waterways deserve better- one can't drink politics.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Our waterways deserve better- one can't drink politics.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Rumour is a dirty political deal is afoot whereby Ireland gets Nitrates Derogation renewal in return for approving the EU Mercosur deal.
Makes nasty sense: IFA etc & rural TDs get to say "best we could get" to rural voters, meanwhile 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Big Dairy profit from both. Nature & health FAIL of course.
Makes nasty sense: IFA etc & rural TDs get to say "best we could get" to rural voters, meanwhile 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Big Dairy profit from both. Nature & health FAIL of course.