💡🌱Environmental Hackathon🌱💡
Join us for this event exploring environmental challenges and how we can work together towards a valued, resilient, healthy environment.
🟢Date: Wednesday 10 June
🟢Time: 4pm-6pm
🟢Location: 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast
📍See more here: https://t.co/TsfCKmeg2K
🟢📢Applications Open to Join the Just Transition Commission📢🟢
Northern Ireland's newly established Just Transition Commission is looking for a Chair and 15 members to oversee the implementation of the “just transition” provisions within NI’s Climate Change Act.
The Commission will include representatives from 12 sectors: academia, agriculture, built environment, civic society, energy, environmental groups, fisheries, green finance, the rural sector, trade unions, transport and youth groups.
Completed applications must be returned to the Department by noon on Thursday 25 June 2026.
📍Read more and apply here: https://t.co/vp8nCsLPNf
After an historic May heatwave, it's going to stay hot for another few days until eventually a gradual cooling trend is expected as June begins.
Bringing you this 10 Day Trend is Aidan McGivern 👇
🌻✍Our monthly newsletter for May has been published! ✍🌻
Featuring a news recap, upcoming events, and funding opportunities.
Read it here: https://t.co/62n4eA5VIq
Subscribe to future newsletters: https://t.co/djdWTnOL0h
📢Report Launch: A Well-Adapted UK📢
This new report published by @theCCCuk sets out a comprehensive range of solutions to address the growing impacts of climate change affecting the UK.
The Adaptation Committee’s eight key areas for government action are:
🟢Protect people from heat
🟢Manage flood risk
🟢Avoid water shortages
🟢Support nature to adapt
🟢Keep farming viable
🟢Understand the risks to food security
🟢Maintain access to insurance
🟢Adapt infrastructure to avoid cascading disruption
📍Read more here: https://t.co/9wsiUcirk0
🌳🎤QUB Annual Wiles Lecture Series: Repairing the Planet🎤🌳
This years annual Wiles Lecture Series will take place at Queen’s University Belfast on 20-23 May 2026.
The series concludes with a lecture on competing visions of planetary repair. Some argue for scaling back technology to allow ecosystems (and humanity) to regenerate naturally. For others, climate repair means the full mobilisation of technology, including geoengineering, to repair the damage done to earth systems by human activity.
📍Find out more about the lecture series here: https://t.co/uA9Buvylgo
Looking to get more involved in your community or local environmental action?
Join @isupportlhlh for a relaxed drop-in event to meet local people passionate about environmental action and discover ways to get involved in your community.
What to expect:
🌳Meet organisations leading environmental projects
🤝Learn how to get involved in hands-on initiatives
💰Discover funding and support available for environmental projects
💭Chat with like-minded people and share ideas
Drop in anytime – no formal schedule, just friendly conversations!
📍Read more here: https://t.co/HcB6vrFffy
📢📖Opportunity: Research Fellow - Climate Adaptation & Horticulture 📖📢
The Maximising Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Hub is recruiting a researcher within the @ClimateCoCentre at @QUBelfast to develop a report and evidence portfolio to help inform a Horticultural Strategy for Northern Ireland.
The post holder will design and facilitate a structured programme of stakeholder engagement across Northern Ireland’s horticultural sector, drawing on the Three Horizons framework to identify shared visions, barriers, and transition pathways for climate-adapted food production.
Application deadline: 18/05/2026
📍Read more and apply here: https://t.co/dJBeppHj5W
Interested in working in the environmental NGO sector?
Multiple environmental jobs and volunteering opportunities are open for applications!
For more info visit: https://t.co/Cx6TX0BM61
🟠🔵MACC Hub webinar series: Well-Adapted UK Report🔵🟠
This joint webinar, hosted by the MACC Hub and the Climate Change Committee, will explore the key findings, analysis and recommendations from the latest report to government on climate risk: Well-Adapted UK.
Join the conversation and hear from:
⭕️Dr Richard Millar, Head of Adaptation, CCC
⭕️Dr Olivia Shears, Head of CCRA4, CCC
⭕️Dr Helen Adams (Chair), MACC Hub Lead
Read more details and sign up here: https://t.co/5roE9rCSUi
👩🌾🌱 The Story of Flax 👩🌾🌱
We've been out getting our hands dirty with @playthinkbrink, GrowNI, and Quarto, taking part in their project exploring the past, present, and future of flax and linen in Belfast!
This past couple of weeks, we started by looking at old photographs and artefacts and planting flax seeds in Waterworks Community Garden and Ligoniel. Later in the year we’ll come together to visit Mallon Farm, harvest our flax and try out traditional tools and methods for processing it into linen yarn.
Big questions, learning from the land, and thinking about what our history with flax and linen can teach us about surviving (and thriving) in a changing world. 🌍
🌱Policy and Planning for Climate Resilience - Lecture at Ulster University🌱
Last week, Climate NI delivered a guest lecture to undergraduate students at @UlsterUni as part of their Preparing for Climate Change module.
We explored climate policy and planning for resilience, followed by an interactive visioning workshop where students shared thoughts and visions on how they imagine a Net Zero future by 2050 in Northern Ireland.
The future is in good hands!
📢 Job Alert! Closing Soon! 📢
NIEL is seeking to appoint the following positions:
Climate Officer
Climate Resilience Researcher
Environmental Strategy & Advocacy Manager
CORE Network, Comms & Monitoring Officer
For more info, visit: https://t.co/hg1aoMe0ib
🍃🏢Climate Resilience Resources for Businesses🏢🍃
Climate change is impacting business supply chains, site distribution, productivity, access to capital, and more. Businesses need to be prepared.
We’ve been working with @BITC to design a range of training sessions and resources to help businesses in NI prepare for the changing climate.
📍See the full list of resources on our website: https://t.co/ZB1G2WPX8H
🌱🏢Sustainable Futures: Business Breakfast🏢🌱
@UlsterUni invites the business community to a complimentary Business Breakfast at the award‑winning, Green Key‑certified Academy Restaurant.
Attendees will hear from three leaders who’ve driven sustainability in their own organisations, and will be able to ask questions regarding their own business. The panel will include:
🔴 Marie-Louise Gaile — Head of Sustainability, Ulster University
🔴 Heather McLachlan — Director for Northern Ireland, National Trust
🔴 Kieran Harding — Chief Executive, Business in the Community NI
📍Read more and sign up here: https://t.co/OzljGnqev4