This book provides a comprehensive overview of Ireland's response to the climate crisis. The contributions, written by leading scholars across a range of disciplines in the social sciences, humanities and beyond, shed light on diverse aspects of the climate crisis, the factors shaping Ireland's response, and prospects for the future. Long regarded as a 'climate laggard', Ireland's response to the urgent societal challenge of climate change has seen new momentum in recent times. The volume will serve as a key reference point for academics, students, policymakers, and a wide range of stakeholders. It will be of interest to readers within Ireland, as well as further afield, who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the constraints on, and opportunities for, successful climate action in Ireland.

Examines the recent surge in Ireland's response to the urgent societal challenge of climate change Brings together a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to analyse Ireland's climate record Outlines the key factors that constrain or encourage climate action in Ireland

Autorentext

David Robbins is Assistant Professor in the School of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland.

Diarmuid Torney is Associate Professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University, Ireland. Pat Brereton is Professor in the School of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland.   

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Climate change in Ireland: Science, Impacts and Adaptation.- 3. Ireland's Policy Response to Climate Change: an Historical Overview.- 4. Climate Litigation, Politics and Policy Change: Lessons from Urgenda and Climate Case Ireland.- 5. Climate Law in Ireland: EU and National Dimensions.- 6. The Party Politics of Climate Change in Ireland.- 7. Responding to Climate Change: the Role of Local Government in Ireland.- 8. Ecological Modernisation, Irish-style: Explaining Ireland's Slow Transition to a Low Carbon Society.- 9. Challenges and potentials for socio-ecological transformation: Considering Structural Aspects of Change.- 10. Climate Change and the Media.- 11. Cultural and Visual Responses to Climate Change: Ecological Reading of Irish Zombie Movies.-12. Community Engagement and Community Energy.- 13. Climate Change Education in Ireland: Emerging Practice in a Context of Resistance.- 14. Climate Action via Just Transition Across the Island of Ireland: Labour, Land and the Low Carbon Transition.- 15. The Changing Faces of the Climate Movement in Ireland.- 16. Cloughjordan Ecovillage: Community-led transitioning to a low-carbon future.