Sinead Walsh

Climate Director @Irish_Aid @dfatirl. Ex EU Ambassador to 🇸🇸, Irish Amb to 🇸🇱 & 🇱🇷. Co- author of Getting to Zero. & a cyclist. Personal A/C.

[Irish Aid @Irish_Aid]

@miaamormottley Ireland is delighted to see that agreement was reached on a minimum allocation of 50% funding for #LDCs and #SIDS for the start-up phase of the Fund for Responding to #LossandDamage.

This has been a key 🇮🇪 priority from Day 1, for this Fund to reach the most vulnerable.

[Irish Aid @Irish_Aid]

PM of Barbados @miaamormottley addressed the board meeting for the Fund for Responding to #LossandDamage stating that whole regions are becoming uninsurable.

🇮🇪 will continue to use its Board seat with 🇪🇺 to advocate especially for the needs of #LDCs and #SIDS

#climatefinance

[Irish Aid @Irish_Aid]

Ireland is committed to helping the most at risk communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Minister @nealerichmond has launched our Climate and Environmental Finance Report 2023, showing a 32% increase in Ireland's #climatefinance

Read more 👉https://t.co/t1yEZgHr9q

[Irish Aid @Irish_Aid]

Ireland's climate finance is focused on reaching the furthest behind first.

In 2023 Least Developed Countries benefitted from 79% of Ireland’s climate finance via Ireland’s Embassies and 84% via Irish NGOs.

Read our latest Climate Finance report: https://t.co/3r6R6AeGrA

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Climate change here, now:

- Wildfires in California costliest fires anywhere, ever
- Intense heatwave hit Australia
- Asia typhoon season ravaged South East Asia, affecting millions
- 2024 Earth's hottest year in recorded history
- GHG concentrations surging

WAKE UP WORLD

[Sinead Walsh @SWalshEU]

One New Year Resolution down at least 🎉! Finally set up a Bluesky account, same handle @SWalshEU https://t.co/yZ7GtbaZku

[Climate Power @ClimatePower]

.@MichaelEMann says it best: LA wildfires are a direct result of human-caused climate change. Rising temperatures and dwindling rainfall leave the land bone-dry—fueling the perfect conditions for these devastating fires.

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

Wind power has overtaken gas as Britain’s biggest source of electricity.

This is a huge moment in our journey away from energy insecurity and towards clean homegrown power.

https://t.co/v1uAxnsFD1

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Good climate news this week
1 New York to fine fossil fuel companies $75bn under new climate law
2 UK’s electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with CO2 emissions down 2/3rd in one decade
3 Solar had record year in 2024, up 29% v 2023
4 Germany hits 62.7% renewables in 2024
5 Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia pledges at least 1,000 additional wind turbines built in in next 5 years
6 German renewables cover 125% of electricity demand on New Year Day
7 88% of new cars sold in Norway in 2024 were zero-emission
8 Taiwan aims for deeper emissions cuts by 2030

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Every fraction of a degree matters.

Every day matters.

Limiting global temperature rise is still possible. In 2025, countries must deliver bold, concrete & urgent #ClimateAction.

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

LAST CHANCE: Make a Difference in 2025 🌎

In 2023, 196 land and environmental defenders were murdered
Why?
Because they dared to challenge the powerful industries profiting from the devastation of nature 💔

Act now to help make 2025 a turning point ⬇️
https://t.co/lyd7W744Hc

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

“What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans. We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.”

- Margaret Mead

#HappyNewYear2025⁠ ⁠ to you and yours

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The top 10 hottest years on record have happened in the last 10 years, including 2024.

This is climate breakdown in real time.

In 2025, countries must put the world on a safer path by dramatically slashing emissions & supporting the transition to a renewable future.

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Good climate news this week
1 EU to stay the course on climate
2 Zero blackouts or cost increases due to 100% renewables powering California for parts of 98 days
3 Rwanda to stop registering internal combustion-engine bikes that account for 55% of the vehicles in the country
4 India’s forest and tree cover up to 25% of the country’s total geographical area
5 China approved a hydro power plat to power 300 million homes, a record
6 Denmark introducing new tax on CO2 emitted by enterprises already covered in the EU Emissions Trading System
7 Supreme Court of Canada to consider a youth-led challenge to Ontario's climate plan
8 All 411 buildings owned by the city of Chicago to run on 100% renewables from 1 Jan 2025
9 Global Environment Facility approves $700m in financing to support developing countries in enhancing chemicals and waste management and protecting biodiversity
10 Colorado in new rules to curb ‘super pollutant’ methane emissions from landfills

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Historic inflection point: China set in 2020 an official target for EVs to reach 50% of car sales by 2035. It will hit it in 2025, 10 years ahead of schedule

Electrification happens slowly, then all of a sudden. Then, it's the end of the age of oil

https://t.co/fz47PhXqG5

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Good climate news this week
1 Japan targets 70% clean energy by 2040
2 China sets 200GW goal for 2025 wind and solar
3 US Supreme Court dismisses challenges to California ability to set strict vehicle emission rules
4 Production in China's solar industry up 20% from January to October 2024
5 Montana’s top court upholds children’s right to a clean environment
6 Only 5 proposals for coal plants remain across OECD’s 38 countries
7 US EPA approves California plan to ban sale of gas-only cars from 2035
8 Over 1.5m German homes have already installed solar on their balconies
9 UK hits 2 maximum wind generation records within a week in December
10 Permian methane emissions plunge 26%
11 Enormous ore carrier becomes largest vessel yet to harness wind power
12 Swiss watchdog posts climate risk rules for banks after pushback
13 UK watchdog rules Lloyds Bank published misleading claims about its efforts in the energy transition
14 US warns natural gas expansion would drive up domestic costs
15 Shell greenwashing of LNG ships outed

[Sinead Walsh @SWalshEU]

Bravo Katriona 👏👏👏

[Katriona O'Sullivan @katrionaos]

6 years ago I started my first assistant lecturer role in @MUpsychdept

2 years ago I was promoted to associate professor

Today I was promoted to full PROFESSOR!!

I could not have imagined this life for myself!

[Katriona O'Sullivan @katrionaos]

25 years ago I was cleaning toilets in Connolly station while on my social welfare

20 years ago I graduated @AccessTCD foundation certificate for mature students

16 years ago I graduated my 1st class degree from @tcddublin psychology

12 years ago I graduated my PhD (2)

[Katriona O'Sullivan @katrionaos]

I have been promoted to professor through @MaynoothUni promotion scheme!

my journey is an example of why you should never ever give up on yourself...

30 years ago I lived in a homeless hostel with my 6 month old baby Id left school with no qualifications (1)

[Irish Aid @Irish_Aid]

This year Irish Aid celebrated 50 years of working with partners to reduce poverty, injustice and humanitarian need around the world. 🌎

We marked Irish Aid 50 at our flagship events all year. 🎉

Read more about Irish Aid 50 👉 https://t.co/tb6QOQ82La