Posts by Sean McCabe

Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in Development Practice awarded by Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. Prior to joining TASC, Sean worked as a Policy Officer with the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice for five years. During this time he engaged with the negotiations leading to the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. He also led the Foundation’s work on intergenerational equity. Sean spent five years working in the private sector, as a catastrophe risk analyst with Renaissance Reinsurance. He also spent 2 years working in a hospice in Kolkata, India, and worked with the Environmental Protection Agency in Sierra Leone building the agencies capacity in Geographic Information Systems.
Preparing for the great leap forwards
Sean McCabe 31/01/2021
The climate crisis is playing out on a landscape of global and national inequality. Countries, and communities, that lack the resources and capacity to build resilience will suffer from increasingly intense and frequent climate impacts. Equally, those with limited opportunities to benefit from the climate transition will likely be left behind. …
Government’s new climate bill falls short of climate leadership
Sean McCabe 08/10/2020
The much-anticipated Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020, published this week, was to be a significant moment in the …
Lost in percentages
Sean McCabe 11/05/2020
Time is running out There remains only a small window of opportunity to enact the necessary climate action required to avoid catastrophic …
Food For Thought As We Ponder Our Return to Normal
Sean McCabe 20/04/2020
Around the world, all but those workers essential to the functioning of critical services are sitting at home waiting for a return to …
The Future of Work in Rural Communities in Ireland
Sean McCabe 13/12/2019
The Carnegie UK Trust-TASC Ensuring Good Future Jobs essay collection describes many of the key challenges faced by workers in Ireland today, and …
We can’t say we haven’t been warned!
Sean McCabe 16/08/2019
Two significant reports were published in the past fortnight. The first was released to much clamour and made headlines around the world. The second …
Climate action plan is nothing if it fails to address inequality
Sean McCabe 24/06/2019
- Appeared in the Irish Times, June 24, 2019. The 2019 climate action plan, taken at face value, aims to catapult Ireland from laggard to leader on …
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