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Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Conall Bolger

The chief executive of the Irish Solar Energy Association discusses his policy and personal changes for a greener world

Five degrees: 'We see plenty of plans and plenty of policies in Ireland. But we don’t really see delivery’

Conall Bolger, chief executive of the Irish Solar Energy Association, says we should be aiming for 100 per cent renewable energy on the grid, and empowering citizens to reap the benefits of DIY energy production as part of the transition to a greener world

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Lynn Boylan

The Sinn Féin senator’s green changes include lowering the voting age to 16 and using her car less

Five Degrees: ‘There is no better group of individuals to make climate action an election issue than younger voters’

Senator Lynn Boylan’s proposals for protecting the environment include reducing the voting age to 16, making ecocide a criminal offence, turning her city back garden into a wildlife-friendly space and leaving the Energy Charter Treaty

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Ed Brophy

The changes the former government advisor and founder of Tyrconnell Strategy would make include making climate change a key tenet of macroeconomic policy as well as part of the school curriculum. He is also in favour of less cars in cities

Five Degrees: ‘If you look to the future, financial stability will be based on managing climate risks’

Former government adviser Ed Brophy’s strategy for a more sustainable world involves rationing his long-haul flights, ditching red meat and dairy products, and making climate change a core part of the educational curriculum

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Hannah Daly

The UCC lecturer discusses her policy and personal changes for a greener world

Five Degrees: ‘My advice: not to live in a rural area, and not to marry somebody from abroad’

Hannah Daly, a researcher with the MaREI centre, tells the Five Degrees of Change podcast that climate change should be a secondary school subject, Ireland desperately needs a land use strategy, and children should be able to walk to school without fear of cars

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Norman Crowley

Norman Crowley, clean energy entrepreneur, gives his three policy and two personal changes in this week’s episode

Five Degrees: ‘Why can’t we for once be ahead of the curve, rather than trying to fix it when there’s blood all over the floor?’

Norman Crowley, chief executive of Cool Planet Group, sees lateral thinking on meat and energy use as the key to turning climate challenges into business opportunities

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change – COP26 Bonus Episode

As the negotiations move into their final hours, we ask three Irish experts what change they want to see from COP26

Five Degrees of Change: How green hydrogen can unlock Ireland’s clean energy revolution

Catherine Sheridan, of EI-H2, says resisting the constant temptation to consume and using the riches of our offshore wind resource to produce green hydrogen can help us to move towards a more sustainable future

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Fraser Stewart

Stewart is a PhD student in Glasgow with a passion for local renewable energy and community owned projects

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Saoirse McHugh

Saoirse McHugh is a political activist who has made a big impression in the two years since she first ran for election.

Saoirse McHugh’s Five Degrees of Change: ‘I couldn’t in good conscience continue to take flights’

The former Green Party member, the subject of this week’s Five Degrees of Change podcast, reveals the steps she would take to make the global environment a more liveable place

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Michael E Mann

Michael E Mann, one of the world's best known climate scientists, gives his Five Degrees of Change for a better relationship with the planet.

Michael Mann’s 5 Degrees of Change: ‘The fossil fuel industry was very effective at marshalling the political right’

The Pennsylvania State University climatologist, whose legendary ‘hockey stick’ graph drove home the pace of global warming two decades ago, reveals what he would do to make a real difference to the global environment

‘Climate doom porn’ is dangerous and misleading, says expert

US climatologist Michael Mann says urgent action is needed, but planetary systems will stabilise if we bring carbon emissions down

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Sinéad Mercier

The lecturer in the Environment, Sustainability and Social Justice at Maynooth University on a just transition for the most vulnerable and why she only buys second hand clothes

Podcast: Five Degrees of Change — Eamon Ryan

The Minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport discusses the need to grow the country’s offshore wind industry and getting Ireland’s district heating system off the ground