Highland Radio are delighted to partner with Coimisiún na Meán in launching a new series dealing with various topics on sustainability.
Donna-Marie Doherty of Highland Radio will have a weekly feature on Tuesdays at 12:30 covering a real mix of different topics and interviews with businesses and experts who have a common interest on expertise in sustainability.
Coimisiún na Meán stated; ‘”Ours to Protect”, is a unique and exciting audio project – a collaboration of local and regional broadcasters from across the country who have come together to tackle climate change, champion climate action, and inform and educate audiences all over Ireland about how they can make a difference.’
This week Donna-Marie spoke with Elaine Neven, National Director of ECO-UNESCO about the Young Environmentalist Awards:
Emissions Gap Report 2023 published this week:
- From the beginning of January until the beginning of October 86 days were recorded with temperatures over 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
- September was the hottest recorded month.
- Global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 1.2% from 2021 to 2022 – a new record of 57.4 Gigatonnes of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
- If current policies don’t change, global warming will be 3°C above pre-industrial levels in this lifetime.
- Read the report in full HERE or the key point HERE.
Young Environmentalist Awards
- The Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA) aims to empower young people aged 10-18 to take on local environmental issues.
- There are three age categories and a number of topics that can be covered.
- Groups who REGISTER online take part in a free ‘6 Steps to Success’ regional training.
- Loreto Little Litter Pickers were finalists in last years waste category – find out more about their project HERE on page 47.
Learn more:
- Eco-Unesco Ireland – https://ecounesco.ie/
- Explainer video of the 2023 Emissions Gap Report – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvNjz1dnwqQ
- An introduction to the environment – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgvDuLcL4yQ
Learn more:
Calculate your business carbon foot print > https://www.climatetoolkit4business.gov.ie/carbon-calculator/ Listen back to past episodes
