In Climate Conversations we talk to a diverse range of inspirational people who share a deep commitment to their communities and the natural world that sustains them. Through engaging and broad reaching conversations with leading authors, scientists, activists and politicians we discover some of the solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises that threaten our future and learn how these solutions will create a healthier, happier and more equitable world.
In this episode of Climate Conversations, former and current Operations Officers of Irish Doctors for the Environment, Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum and Orlagh Gaynor, come together to discuss the power of storytelling in shaping climate action. Orlagh shares a climate fiction story she wrote for a live storytelling event, offering a glimpse of a hopeful future that could be realised if our leaders took bold, brave action today. We reflect on the inspiration behind the story and the need for a shared vision of hope to aim towards, alongside the uncomfortable lifestyle changes and ambitious action required to break the status quo. Because when it comes to safeguarding our future, business as usual cannot continue.
30 Oct 2025
Dr John Bonning Healthcare Sustainability
In this episode of Climate Conversations we discuss all things sustainability in healthcare with three international leaders in the field: Dr John Bonning, past president of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Dr Rosa McNamara - Clinical Lead for the National Clinical Programme for Emergency Medicine in Ireland and Dr Ola Nordrum, HSE Healthcare sustainability fellow and past Operations Officer for Irish Doctors for the Environment charity. We discuss how sustainable healthcare can deliver the triple wins of improved patient care, lower costs and lower emissions. Which, in an era of rising demand, shrinking budgets and worsening climate chaos, is no longer optional, but essential. A must listen for all healthcare workers looking for a viable path forward in these tumultuous times.
3 Aug 2025
The Economics of Climate Change and Climate Adaptation with Professor Karyn Morrissey
Professor Karyn Morrissey, Co-author of the Lancet Commissions Countdown on Climate Change and Human Health since 2016, sits down with IDE's Dr Lisa McNamee to talk about why an economist is interested in climate change.
Karyn is Professor in Environment and Marine, at the University of Galway. She is an economist and econometrician by training who uses her skillset to study the economic drivers of, and socioeconomic and health impacts of climate change, particularly in our oceans and coastal environments. Here Karyn has linked her work on public health and marine and coastal economics to understand the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on the marine environment on society, and the changes needed to make human-marine interactions more sustainable.
Edited by Dr Jan Steiner
Interviewer Dr Lisa McNamee
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[…] Every time we build a solar panel, any time we build or install a wind turbine, we get better and better and more opportunities for learning. And so it turns out the more granular technologies, more technologies that are smaller that can be modularized like your smartphone. I mean, that's why you see such a development in smartphones is because they're small and they're on a massive scale. And that's the same for solar and wind. And that's why we've seen such a fast change. Historically, we've seen very slow transitions, but there's every reason to think that this transition will be much faster. […]
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