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Five Degrees of Change

Nov 3, 2024

Roderic O’Gorman, is leader of the Green Party and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Roderic has taken on the role of leader of the Green Party from his predecessor Eamon Ryan just as the coalition government is coming to an end. His primary task is to get as many Green Party TDs...


Oct 27, 2024

Paul Murphy is a People Before Profit TD. Murphy identifies as an ecosocialist, a political philosophy adopted in more recent years by his party. He has become a leading advocate for environmental change in the Dáil, and lays most of the blame for our environmental degradation on the capitalist system, which he says...


Oct 19, 2024

Leo Varadkar is the former Taoiseach and former leader of Fine Gael. Under his tenure at the top of government, the most substantial climate policies in the history of the state were implemented, but will they enough to bring Ireland from being a "climate laggard" to a climate leader? 

 

For his policy changes, Varadkar...


Mar 25, 2024

Noel Cunniffe is chief executive of Wind Energy Ireland, the business group representing the wind power sector in Ireland. 

For his policy changes, Cunniffe chose to ensure the planning system is equipped for the volume of renewables projects coming down the line, to launch a communications campaign around upgrading the...


Mar 19, 2024

Tomás Sercovich is chief executive of Business in the Community Ireland, a business association providing advice and leadership on sustainability and corporate social responsibility. 

 

For his policy changes, Sercovich chose to ensure more diverse boards, to refocus valuation in companies on non-financial outcomes,...