The current Committee was formed in 2022 with a four-year term of office. The Committee meets regularly and performs a broad range of functions including, but not limited to, organising outreach events, promoting public engagement, responding to Government consultations and producing expert statements.

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Sustainability Series: Challenges and Opportunities for Science in Society

Watch Jennifer McElwain MRIA explore past climates, atmospheres and landscapes with fossil plants to inform a sustainable future in the second of the Royal Irish

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Watch: Selling Planet Earth: re-purposing geoscience for sustainable human wellbeing

If you missed the first lecture in our Sustainability Lecture series: Challenges and Opportunities for Science in Society you can watch it now.

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RIA White Paper, ‘Better together: Knowledge co-production for a sustainable society’

The RIA white paper, ‘Better together: Knowledge co-production for a sustainable society’, provides an overview of knowledge co-production for sustainability and environmental research in Ireland;

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Watch Ireland’s Grasslands and Carbon

In the sixth in this series of Climate Conversations held on 24 November 2021, Professor Matthew Saunders gave a talk on Ireland’s Grasslands and Carbon.

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New knowledge partnerships needed to address sustainability challenges

How academics, members of the public and policy makers can work together to research solutions to climate change challenges. Find out more in this blog

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Water is a public health issue

Availability of a secure supply of clean water is a necessity that comes at a high cost, but has an as yet unrealised value. Find

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The role of the ocean in global climate: Interplay of natural oscillations and global warming

Measurements made in the ocean in recent decades have improved our understanding of the physical connections between ocean and atmosphere and of the role of

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Adapting to a changing climate: How can we build resilience?

We must build resilience to a range of challenges, including that of climate change. Individuals play a critical role in our combined path to a

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