Conor McNally
Climate communications | Communications Manager, @granthamicl.bsky.social | Former journalist | 🇮🇪 in London | Views my own
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyWhen it rains, it now rains more. For those experiencing the flooding in south-west England, it is worth remembering that rainfall in winter has increased by about 25% overall. And, the rainfall has also become more intense: when it rains, it now rains more, increasing the risk of flooding.
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- “The national investment will largely be focused on cycle highways connecting rural villages and suburban areas with metropolitan centres, providing access to jobs, healthcare and education.” Imagine how transformative this approach would be in Ireland. #speirgorm #spéirgorm
- Reposted by Conor McNallyDuring COP30, we’re sharing one image each day from the Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2025 Climate Category, like this powerful photograph of historic flooding in Hanoi after Typhoon Yagi. View the full gallery here: www.rmets.org/weather-phot...
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- Ní tíortha i mbéal forbartha ba chúis leis an ngéarchéim aeráide ach is iad atá ag fulaingt is mó óna héifeachtaí. Bhí ról suntasach ag foireann Éireannach i mbunú ciste idirnáisiúnta chun tacú leis na tíortha sin nuair a bhuaileann tubaistí aeráide.👇 #SpéirGorm youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
- Very pleased to share our new @granthamicl.bsky.social film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage! #COP30 #LossAndDamage
- 🎬 With #COP30 just days away, we’re delighted to share our new film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage. Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇 youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
- Reposted by Conor McNallyWhat is the current state of climate action? What do latest country pledges add up to? And how much global warming are we in for? 🌍🌡️ 🔥 For the 16th year in a row, we publish the @unep.org #emissionsgap report. As usual, I looked the assessment of the global gap and its global warming implications.
- Reposted by Conor McNally“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
- An extraordinary omission. Yes, policy is the domain of Gov, but climate is one area where a President, limited though their powers may be, could actually play a significant role, e.g. by mobilising community action and lifting the voices of people affected. 👏 @caugustenborg.bsky.social et al.
- RTÉ receives formal complaint over ‘exclusion’ of climate issues from presidential debates www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Conor McNallyNEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. Black River — near total destruction.
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyTonight: Sustainable development pioneer Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland will deliver the 2025 Grantham Institute Annual Lecture. And BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt will chair our expert panel exploring the issues raised in her keynote. 🚨 Join us. Final tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
- This is truly terrifying. Thinking of the Jamaican people tonight. #ClimateCrisis
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyIce-free conditions continue in the Barents Sea region of the #Arctic Ocean. This is one area that has observed some of the largest losses of ice over the last few decades... compare the older years (dark/purple lines) to today! Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
- Reposted by Conor McNally🔥 The never-ending narrative… This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry. Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
- Reposted by Conor McNallyOUT NOW: we revisit the pivotal moment when science, institutions and politics aligned to deliver the UK’s #NetZero target. At a time of political divergence, the evidence for #ClimateAction remains clear. Evidence-based #ClimatePolicy is more relevant than ever. @granthamicl.bsky.social
- What happens when science meets politics? Today at @granthamicl.bsky.social, we're kicking off a new series of YouTube docs on that topic! Very pleased to share the first film, exploring how and why, in 2019, #NetZero became law and why the target remains critical today. 👇 youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY?...
- 🎬OUT TODAY! Our new film is here: Net Zero: The Inside Story of the UK’s Climate Target In 2019, the UK made history — the first major economy to commit to #NetZero by 2050. Now, scientists (and a former PM 👀) reveal how it happened and why it matters. Watch here 👉 youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY
- Delighted to share that Dr Gro Harlem Brundland – first woman PM of Norway, former DG of the WHO, founding member of the Elders, and sustainable development pioneer – will give this year's @granthamicl.bsky.social Annual Lecture. Join us in London on 29 October: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
- Human-induced climate change drove extreme temperatures across Europe this summer. New work from @granthamicl.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social reveals how thousands of people lost their lives as a result.
- 📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵 Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
- This from the climate minister? How grim. O’Brien either has his head in the clouds or is being intentionally misleading. Sustainable Aviation Fuels made up 0.3% of jet fuel last year; they're far too expensive and difficult to scale to play any significant role in the foreseeable future.
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyHistoric heatwave unfolding in France. Bordeaux just observed its hottest day on record with a provisional 41.6°C (107°F) — data since 1920. Red level extreme heat warnings are in force for the south of the country. Sadly, this heatwave is far from over...
- Reposted by Conor McNallyIn a new piece for @granthamicl.bsky.social, @frediotto.bsky.social and I unpack the significance of the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion. We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
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- Good news is somewhat of a rarity in the climate space, so it's genuinely uplifting to see how advances in climate science are making it possible to hold big emitters to account in the courts. Great new piece on @granthamicl.bsky.social's climate litigation work by @chloefarand.bsky.social 👇
- ⚖️Climate litigation is entering a new era 🌏 Thanks to attribution science, courts now have the tools to link climate impacts, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat to major polluters — and assign legal responsibility. 🧵 📒 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
- Reposted by Conor McNallyExcellent article by fellow sociologist @ericklinenberg.bsky.social. "Heat is a silent and invisible killer. It usually fails to generate the kind of spectacular imagery that lands weather on prime-time television or a newspaper’s front page." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/o...
- “The climate crisis isn’t tomorrow’s problem, it’s today’s, and its impacts are a broad-spectrum enshittification”. @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social hits the nail on the head in this piece referencing the @granthamicl.bsky.social - @lshtm.bsky.social heatwave study. 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyWhat becomes of the 1.5°C goal now that global warming is approaching that level?🌍🔥🌡️ In a new @science.org Policy Forum we explain how the 1.5°C goal remains a critical legal & ethical benchmark, even as the world nears and may soon exceed 1.5°C of global warming🧵1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Passengers evacuated from trains in London as temperatures soar - BBC News
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- ⚠️ Heatwaves kill and #ClimateChange is making them more deadly. @granthamicl.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social estimate that almost 600 people will die in England and Wales as a result of the current heatwave. Take care and check in on vulnerable neighbours. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- 🚨 Human influence on our climate is cranking up the intensity of #ExtremeWeather around the world. @granthamicl.bsky.social is pioneering tools to uncover the economic and human costs of this influence on individual events. New from @chloefarand.bsky.social 👇 www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/true...
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyInterested in the roles #children and #young people can & should play in #environmental decision-making? We are advertising a #PhD scholarship on this topic based in @dcuclimate.bsky.social starting this September Deadline 23 June. Full details: diarmuidtorneyorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by Conor McNallyA child born in Ireland today faces immediate risks requiring 'urgent action', many more that will be 'critical' by the time they're 25 & some that will be 'catastrophic' when they're a pensioner. Stark warning from National Climate Change Risk Assessment m.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
- Climate science – coming soon to a courtroom near you.
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- Climate change is driving an increase in spring temperatures across the UK and this spring has been the driest in at least a century. While many of us have enjoyed the conditions, they create enormous challenges for the people who produce our food. 👇 #ClimateChange
- "In the very first few days of her life, climate change is happening and is making her unsafe"
- NEW Number of days dangerously hot for pregnant women are twice as high in UK, prompting warnings about impact on premature births and newborn health news.sky.com/story/i-felt...
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyOur journalism internship is back for another year! Come work with me and the whole @carbonbrief.org team Paid at London living wage. Happy to answer any q’s
- Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief Carbon Brief is offering an exciting opportunity for students, or recent graduates, to work with the team for three weeks this summer. Deadline: 02 June, 9AM BST Apply here ➡️ buff.ly/ypeV1mr
- We should probably do something about that…
- 87 years ago. In April 1938, Guy Callendar published the first evidence from thermometer observations that the world’s land areas were warming. He also linked the observed warming to the increase in atmospheric CO₂ from burning coal. 87 years ago. rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
- Reposted by Conor McNally“It’s like claiming to have brought Napoleon back from the dead by asking a short French man to wear his hat.” A short piece in The Conversation by me on why “de-extinction” is nothing of the sort, and bad, bad conservation. theconversation.com/why-de-extin...
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyI've never seen such a crass climate change signal. A heatwave up to 10C hotter because of our burning of fossil fuels hit Central Asia last month. And this is only now, with just under 1.5C global warming. www.worldweatherattribution.org/extraordinar...
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- Very significant developments this week in a long-running legal case that will determine whether mega-polluters can be held liable for the #ClimateChange impacts of their past emissions. @granthamicl.bsky.social’s Dr Noah Walker Crawford attended the hearings in Germany 👇
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyWhat will the future of the warming stripes be? 2024 could be the start of a stabilisation of global temperatures, or it might appear to be a cool year. Which one of these stories becomes reality depends on our choices today, and every day until then. We are likely to regret not acting sooner.
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- "If Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and whatever bunch of Independents support them don’t rapidly intensify the drive to end carbon and methane emissions they will be creating the second biggest fiscal disaster in the history of the State." www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
- 26.9°C... at 4am... in November. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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- The level of attention paid to #ClimateChange during #GE24 has been shameful. None of the largest parties have offered a viable vision for a climate-safe future. The media have been largely uninterested, but there are plenty of knotty climate Qs to debate. www.independent.ie/irish-news/e...
- “How much influence does Michael O’Leary have on Fine Gael climate policy?” @sarahmcinerney.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the issue. Unfortunately, we're no clearer as to the nature of that non-social, non-business dinner between O'Leary and Donohoe. #rtept
- This undeclared “private dinner” between Michael O’Leary and Paschal Donohoe took place at a time when Donohoe and his department were involved in contentious EU negotiations on plans to tax jet fuel. A little context… 🧵 (1/7) www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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- Reposted by Conor McNallyIreland's general election is in 5 days - and it's like Climate Change would like a word... www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
- Reposted by Conor McNallyCOP29 has scraped itself over the finish line having seemingly forgotten what the race is that the world is trying to win. 1/2
- This is exactly why the #ClimateCrisis should be front and centre in the #GE24 campaign. More warming = more intense rainfall = more flooding. Ireland is not prepared for the very real impacts of climate change.
- This undeclared “private dinner” between Michael O’Leary and Paschal Donohoe took place at a time when Donohoe and his department were involved in contentious EU negotiations on plans to tax jet fuel. A little context… 🧵 (1/7) www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
- Unlike drivers, airlines don’t pay tax on the fuel they burn. Kerosene for aviation is exempt under the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD). In 2021, the EU Commission put forward a proposal to revise the ETD and lift the exemption on jet fuel. (2/7) taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/green-taxati...
- This didn’t go down well with Ryanair, which warned in its 2022 Annual Report that fuel tax “could have a material adverse effect on [its] financial results”. O’Leary himself argued that peripheral economies have no alternative but to fly. (3/7) www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40...
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View full threadThere is no suggestion that this major reform of aviation tax was discussed when O’Leary and Donohoe met for a “social dinner” in February 2022. But the idea that they had no business to discuss because Donohoe was not Transport Minister is laughable. (7/7) www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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- Give my colleagues at the Climate Cares Centre a follow if you’re interested in the intersection of #ClimateChange and #MentalHealth 👇
- Reposted by Conor McNallyClimate action is falling terribly short Time to bury the 1.5C goal? Absolutely not - why the 1.5 goal must prevail (even when global warming exceeds 1.5C) My opinion for Project Syndicate 👇 www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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- What is #ClimateAction? Climate action means investment in public transport, safe walking and cycling routes, home retrofits, clean energy, sustainable agriculture. It means transforming our society for the better. Here are 7 reasons to demand climate action when #GE24 candidates come knocking 👇
- And if you're interested in hearing where the #GE24 parties stand on climate, the DCU Centre for Climate & Society along with @foeireland.bsky.social and Stop Climate Chaos are running a climate hustings tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9.30am. Full details below! www.dcu.ie/climate/clim...
- Reposted by Conor McNallyMy first repost here. Climate has slipped down the agenda since the last election. As a parent two young kids, one of whom has complex disabilities, and as a renter in Dublin, I fully get the challenges a lot of us are facing. But now is not the time to be complacent about climate action.
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