Category: Environment
Cycling to Carmageddon
James Wickham 11/12/2022
In 2030 there will be more cars on the road in Ireland. As a direct result of current climate change policy, the private car will be more embedded in Irish society than ever before. The current Climate Change Budget calls for a massive reduction in carbon emissions from the transport sector. The Programme for Government signed by the …
Fiscal Rules Reform
Robert Sweeney 17/11/2022
On Wednesday last week, the European Commission published a communication on the future trajectory of the Fiscal Rules, which have been suspended …
Make Agriculture Exciting Again
Kieran Harrahill 18/10/2022
The question of how agriculture in Ireland can adapt to the need to reduce emissions has become a contentious issue recently. Agriculture has a large …
From Free Market to Subsidised Capitalism
Paul Sweeney 13/10/2022
There has been a revolutionary transformation of Capitalism, the western economic system, in just over a decade. Four extraordinary events have …
A recipe for climate action
Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran 28/07/2022
For a long time, the economy was regarded as the "system," while the environment and society were regarded as "sub-systems." The global economy is …
From “why” to “why not”?
Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran 21/04/2022
The current Russia-Ukraine war, is a wake-up call for countries to invest in renewable energy sources for energy security. The European Union, for …
Climate action income supplement could alleviate costs of transitioning to carbon zero future
Shana Cohen 03/03/2022
The rise in oil prices and the recent IPCC report, which stresses that we have very little time to mitigate against the worst effects of climate …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Shana Cohen
Dr. Shana Cohen is the Director of TASC. She studied at Princeton University and at the …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …