A Systems Change Response to Climate Change

The economic system, the energy system, the agriculture system - all of society's systems - need to change in response to climate breakdown. But just how difficult is it to change systems especially when they are supported by policy and the status quo. What will systems change look like and will it bring a better quality of life to all? These are some of the questions we tackle in this episode 'A Systems Response to Climate Change'

Host: Dr. Dave Robbins

Guests:  Deirdre Duff, Head of Communications at Friends of the Earth, Dr. Patrick Bresnihan, author and lecturer in the Department of Geography at Maynooth University

In the intro sequence to this episode you heard extracts from a public lecture delivered by Professor John Barry, Queens University Belfast titled, "Hope and agency in responding to our planetary crisis: climate resilient futures beyond carbon, growth and capitalism", and at our annual conference in 2022, Sharon Finnegan, Director of the EPA as panel speaker on the topic of, "Climate policy-making in a turbulent world" . All speeches can be heard in full on our website dcu.ie/climate