Dear John,

It’s nearly time for our Christmas break but we’ve one last webinar for you first on the outlook for 2022 (details below and registration here).

I’m also writing with some great resources from our recent webinar about COP26. If you missed that webinar we’ve got you covered, it’s now available to watch back here. We heard from a terrific panel of eight speakers who shared their reflections on the COP26 climate talks, what we can learn from them and where we go next. This webinar is definitely worth watching back here if you didn’t manage to catch it live. 

Don’t have time to watch the full webinar? You might like to watch this short video clip of former Stop Climate Chaos Mobilisation Coordinator, Áine O’Gorman, speaking about her experience at COP26.

Youth voices at COP26 were particularly inspiring - you might like to watch this clip from 16 year old Amy O’Brien who also spoke at our webinar and shared her reflections on travelling to Glasgow for the climate talks. Amy has also written a blog about her experience that you can read here. 

Our very last webinar of the year takes place on Monday 13th December starting at 7pm. 2021 has been a landmark year for Irish climate policy with the passing of the Climate Law, the preparation of Ireland’s first ever 5-year Carbon Budgets by the Climate Change Advisory Council and the publication of the Government’s new Climate Action Plan. But now it’s time to look towards 2022 - the year where we need to move from plan to action. 

Join us on Monday as we examine the path ahead in 2022. Our panel of speakers will discuss the challenges and opportunities that we’re likely to face next year as we campaign for faster and fairer climate action.

Speakers linked up for Monday’s webinar include:

• Dr Cara Augustenborg, Environmental Policy Fellow at University College Dublin, UCD and Member of the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC)
• Dr Hannah Daly, Lecturer, Sustainable Energy and Energy Systems Modelling, UCC and member of the Carbon Budgets Committee of the CCAC
• Dr Ciara Murphy, Environmental Policy Advocate, Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. Member of the Steering Committee of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition
• Pat Leahy, Political Editor, The Irish Times

Hoping to see you on Monday.

In solidarity,

Deirdre

Communications Support, Stop Climate Chaos

Stop Climate Chaos is a coalition of civil society organizations campaigning to ensure Ireland does its fair share to tackle the causes and consequences of climate change.