08 May 2025
Cork and Dublin amongst 39 European cities awarded EU Mission City Labels
07 May 2025
Climate Crisis: Weakening corporate climate pledges is a symptom of waning momentum
06 May 2025
Is Ireland vulnerable to power blackouts like Spain and Portugal?
06 May 2025
EU Cities Mission – National Mirror Group
22 April 2025
How US tariff war will affect the price you pay for petrol and electricity
16 April 2025
How kids are using the courts to force action on climate crisis
16 April 2025
Why Cork gulls aren't as vicious as Dublin ones about your sandwiches
07 April 2025
Empowering hairdressers to discuss climate action
04 April 2025
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Sunk costs in fossil fuel infrastructure could sink us
02 April 2025
The Great Irish Fossil Hunt
02 April 2025
Harnessing storytelling and the arts to inspire climate action
25 March 2025
Gas infrastructure is needed while we wean off fossil fuels
25 March 2025
New fossil discovery reveals how volcanic deposits can preserve the microscopic details of animal tissues
07 March 2025
Plants struggled for millions of years after the world’s worst climate catastrophe
21 February 2025
Leading figures to discuss climate at Sustainable Futures Forum
20 February 2025
UCC researchers awarded €2.3m for new research to address climate and environmental challenges
20 February 2025
Big tech to be allowed use fossil fuels to power data centres
20 February 2025
Eli Lilly and Company Supports Pioneering UCC Biodiversity Conservation Research 
19 February 2025
5 ways to improve Ireland's energy system after Storm Éowyn
14 February 2025
Study of deer droppings in North Wales could shed light on the future of woodland conservation
11 February 2025
'Removing the barriers so that the next generation can dream bigger, reach higher'
07 February 2025
Subtle environmental changes influence social structures in wild great tits, study reveals  
05 February 2025
EU awards €5 million to researchers for critical raw materials - the '21st century's gold'
04 February 2025
What can be done with 11,000 tons of used wind turbine blades?
04 February 2025
Prolonged Storm Éowyn power cuts highlight the dire need to build our electricity resilience
29 January 2025
How do you measure the size of a once-a-lifetime storm?
28 January 2025
The Chinese question when it comes to climate change
17 January 2025
Local Perspectives on COP29: A just transition to a Green World
13 January 2025
World needs data centres but Ireland does not have time or energy for them
09 January 2025
Public invited to free UCC lectures on Science in Society
06 January 2025
UCC conference to discuss new technological advances for monitoring air pollution
12 December 2024
UCC ranked fourth in global environmental rankings
13 December 2024
Ireland’s food industry falls short on health and sustainability goals
09 December 2024
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Electrification is Ireland’s missing climate link
04 December 2024
Lough Hyne Touch Tanks – National Heritage Week County Award Winner
25 November 2024
World Dinosaur Expert To Deliver Public Lecture At UCC
18 November 2024
Will Irish gas prices see a sharp increase this winter?
15 November 2024
Lough Hyne awash with thousands of mauve stinger jellyfish
14 November 2024
Symposium on Innovative Measurement Techniques for Trace Gases and Radicals
14 November 2024
Science Week event: Sustainability, Urban Thrift and Traveller Skills
13 November 2024
UCC Delegation represent SDSN Ireland
13 November 2024
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Election 2024: Will parties stand firm on the climate law?
11 November 2024
University College Cork representatives to attend COP29 talks
25 October 2024
UCC hosts Fossil Expo
24 October 2024
Science Week Event: Plants for the Future
24 October 2024
UCC project aimed at improving climate resilience in Irish forage crops receives funding  
24 October 2024
Government approves membership of new Just Transition Commission
18 October 2024
UCC-led study shows wild birds’ health and likely survival is affected by the gut microbiome
18 October 2024
A new EPA research report, "ClimAg: Causes of Fodder Crises in Ireland & Climate Risks" highlights key challenges facing Ireland’s farming system due to climate change
15 October 2024
‘Hope comes from climate action, everyone has a role to play’ – Dr Michelle McKeown to present RTÉ climate change series Heated
15 October 2024
Centre for Law & the Environment hosts ENPE annual conference at UCC
11 October 2024
UCC Participates in Groundbreaking Peatland-Based Aquaculture Project
10 October 2024
UCC collaborates in new €5 million bioeconomy project
07 October 2024
Ireland’s State of the Environment Report 2024
07 October 2024
IEA-OES State of the Science report
01 October 2024
Professor Colm O'Dwyer elected as President of The Electrochemical Society (ECS)
16 September 2024
MaREI Director Prof Jerry Murphy receives Lifetime Achievement Award
16 September 2024
Major new documentary on Ireland’s coast to air on RTÉ
16 September 2024
Launch of Guidance on Risk Communication and Community Engagement Practices
10 September 2024
Prof. Hannah Daly insights from this year’s SEAI’s new energy balance
09 September 2024
What will Ireland do with 63,000 tonnes of used tyres every year?
09 September 2024
Expensive and volatile: the problems with Ireland's energy supply
05 September 2024
What is societal collapse? Lessons from the past can help us understand our future, but only to a point
03 September 2024
Irish Government scrapes a B- in its fourth climate report
30 August 2024
Have your say on the creation of a sustainable and healthy food policy for Cork
26 August 2024
Heritage Week Touch Tank Event at Lough Hyne
23 August 2024
Why the Celtic interconnector is about more than just electricity
21 August 2024
UCC researchers awarded over €2 million in European funding to train highly skilled doctoral students
20 August 2024
What's behind the fall in electric car sales in Ireland?
09 August 2024
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Why net-zero does not go far enough
08 August 2024
MaREI/ERI Director Jerry Murphy talks Sustainable Aviation Fuel on RTE Radio 1
01 August 2024
Ireland’s deep sea corals are probably ingesting microplastics from our clothes, UCC/ERI researchers find
15 July 2024
UCC/ERI Philosopher Kian Mintz-Woo's carbon pricing ethics article is one of "Philosophy Compass Top Cited Article "
10 July 2024
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Are universities an obstacle to climate action by reinforcing the status quo?
04 July 2024
‘I think therefore I am … a climate activist’: Philosophy in times of crisis
03 July 2024
Scientists discover new plants that could lead to ‘climate-proof’ chocolate
28 June 2024
UCC welcomes opening of Fota Wildlife Park’s Education, Conservation and Research Centre
25 June 2024
A Cork Community and Researchers work together to slow down Coastal Erosion
19 June 2024
The Echo’s Cork Coasts series features MaREI/ERI researchers at UCC
13 June 2024
UCC/ERI researcher to lead project on food related inequality across Europe
12 June 2024
UCC places 67th globally in sustainability rankings
30 May 2024
Excellence in research and innovation celebrated at UCC awards
27 May 2024
Two BEES/ERI academics elected to the Royal Irish Academy
21 May 2024
Researchers discover hidden step in dinosaur feather evolution
21 May 2024
Brian Ó Gallachóir announced as the recipient of the inaugural Irish Times Positive Impacts award in association with EirGrid
08 May 2024
Transition Year Programme Emphasises Sustainable and Green Chemistry
07 May 2024
Why you need to put away your lawn mower for May
07 May 2024
Reimagining Higher Education in light of Contemporary Complex Crises of Unsustainability: Universities leading on a Transdisciplinary Journey?
07 May 2024
UCC celebrates Fascination of Plants Day
26 April 2024
Conor Pass: 'a blank slate for rewilding'
23 April 2024
MaREI/ERI researchers provide evidence to the Oireachtas Committee on the findings of Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment Report
19 April 2024
Protecting our Oceans: The ShipFuel Research Project
18 April 2024
UCC becomes first university in the world to secure five Green Flags
06 April 2024
UCC professor features in female reboot of Raphael’s famous ‘School of Athens’ fresco
04 April 2024
Why it's too soon to bring wolves back to Ireland
04 April 2024
Chemistry Staff contributing to achieving the SDGs in Southern Africa
02 April 2024
Will 41,000 electric cars be sold in Ireland in 2024?
26 March 2024
Our search for the 'Adam and Eve of mosquitoes' in Tanzania
12 March 2024
Historic meeting of Irish Palaeontologists marks creation of Irish Palaeo Forum
12 March 2024
McCann FitzGerald invests in legal studies at UCC
08 March 2024
Laws need to allow ‘rigs to reef’ decommissioning of offshore structures, experts say
29 February 2024
Ireland's Fossil Heritage receives SFI Funding
28 February 2024
Are Irish petrol prices ever going to come down again?
16 February 2024
Mystery solved: the oldest fossil reptile from the alps is an historical forgery
16 February 2024
Registration now open for the annual UCC Law and the Environment Conference 2024
13 February 2024
How do we protect our native seabirds while growing offshore wind energy?
30 January 2024
Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report
29 January 2024
€4.2m funding for floating wind testbed project
26 January 2024
Circular Tales: a celebration of sustainability in song and story
25 January 2024
UCC research powers major climate change report
22 January 2024
Will Irish electricity bills continue to fall?
22 January 2024
New multi-disciplinary fermentation research centre launched
17 January 2025
UCC early-career researchers recognised in the Researcher of the Year 2024 awards
15 January 2024
Open House at the Ellen Hutchins Reading Room and Archives
09 January 2024
COP28: Perspectives on a Just Energy Transition
19 December 2023
ERI Christmas reading list 2023
12 December 2023
UCC formally calls for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
05 December 2023
UCC moves up to sixth place in global environmental ranking
05 December 2023
5 worrying trends for Ireland's environment
30 November 2023
Why UCC is going to COP28
30 November 2023
UCC saves 1 million plastic cups from landfill
29 November 2023
UCC partnered in new €70 million research centres on climate and sustainable food
27 November 2023
Two positive steps we can take to benefit climate action in Ireland
27 November 2023
Greater ambition on climate action needed at COP28 – Mary Robinson
23 November 2023
University College Cork to send student and researcher delegation to COP 28
22 November 2023
Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins
21 November 2023
Rethinking Climate Action as an Investment, not a Sacrifice
14 November 2023
UCC to host Mock COP 28
13 November 2023
Mary Robinson among speakers at major new UCC climate conference
09 November 2023
Early engagement key to community windfarm acceptance, new research finds
03 November 2023
SFI-IRC Pathway Programme Awards
26 October 2023
What do trees have to do with Irish culture and identity?
17 October 2023
Soil sustainability expert appointed to key UCC position
12 October 2023
Onshore Wind Energy: Innovative Approaches to Achieving a Social License for Onshore Wind Energy
06 October 2023
How can Ireland ensure its gas and energy supplies are secure?
06 October 2023
Ginger pigment molecules found in fossil frogs
04 October 2023
UCC Futures Sustainability - The ERI welcomes a new Lecturer in Sustainable Materials
04 October 2023
Origins of Ireland’s Biodiversity Conference
03 October 2023
Professor Hannah Daly presents to the Oireachtas Committee
26 September 2023
Predictive tracking technology to assist in the conservation of reticulated giraffe
22 September 2023
Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins
21 September 2023
Research reveals climate change is driving endangered Irish birds to new habitats
19 September 2023
Embed impact on SDGs in research assessments
18 September 2023
UCC Futures Sustainability - The ERI welcomes new Lecturer in Sustainable Materials
14 September 2023
UCC Futures Sustainability - The ERI welcomes new Lecturer in Economics of Sustainable Business
13 September 2023
The Right to a Healthy Environment – Transformations and Transitions
13 September 2023
Informing Cork City's Climate Action Plan
13 September 2023
Be inspired, be curious, be creative - Culture Night 2023 at the ERI Ellen Hutchins Building
12 September 2023
Live performance: DANCE ARTIST / PLANT SCIENCE RESIDENCIES
07 September 2023
UCC highlights the benefits of switching the engine off
06 September 2023
Can personal experiences inform how Ireland deals with energy poverty?
05 September 2023
ESB and Shannon Foynes Port announce support for floating offshore wind research at MaREI/ERI
31 August 2023
Building trust and confidence in global climate action
30 August 2023
Heritage Week 2023
28 August 2023
Why are petrol and diesel prices going up?
18 August 2023
New report by The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
15 August 2023
New research examines how academics engage stakeholders on sustainability challenges
08 August 2023
Mathematicians find that rate of change in climate as dangerous as reaching critical warming levels
04 August 2023
ERI Director Brian Ó Gallachóir passes scientific milestone
03 August 2023
How much of Carbon Budget 1 (2021-2025) has already been emitted and remains?
28 July 2023
Is the Government climate-friendly when buying goods & services?
26 July 2023
Why we need to stop talking about the beauty of nature
24 July 2023
Why we see so many gulls in our cities and towns
20 July 2023
Valeria Andreoni appointed as the AIB Professor in Sustainable Business at UCC
19 July 2023
Flying reptiles had nurturing parental style, new research finds
18 July 2023
UCC named Global Sustainability Institution of the Year
10 July 2023
Ireland's Fossils Heritage Photography Exhibition
06 July 2023
Research reveals impact of climate change on Ireland’s flora and fauna
05 July 2023
Ocean plastic blackspots most likely to threaten seabirds identified
30 June 2023
UCC launches sustainability and climate action plan
22 June 2023
UCC Eco-Humanities: Folklorist and Scholar of religions, Dr Jenny Butler joins the ERI
19 June 2023
Upcoming event - A Velvet or Violent Climate Revolution: which will we choose?
19 June 2023
Munster Agricultural Society and UCC collaborate on Farmland Biodiversity Programme
16 June 2023
Ukraine's leading climate scientist to address conference at Dublin Castle
16 June 2023
Duckweed Research and Applications for the Circular Bioeconomy in Ireland
15 June 2023
Fossil study sheds light on famous spirals found in nature
15 June 2023
Air Quality, Wind Energy and the Circular Economy – ERI Awardees of the SFI National Challenges Fund
13 June 2023
UCC Futures – Sustainability: Conservation biologist Dr Ramiro Crego joins the ERI
07 June 2023
UCC Eco-Humanities Research Group: Critical political theorist Dr Laurence Davis joins the ERI Academic community
02 June 2023
€20.4m in 2022 - celebrating the funding achievements of ERI researchers
02 June 2023
ERI academics recognised for excellence in research and innovation
30 May 2023
SFI funded ERI project will enable pupil-led research in air quality studies around their schools
22 May 2023
The world's water quality problem - and what we're doing about it
16 May 2023
Can Ireland lead the offshore renewable energy race?
15 May 2023
UCC Sustainability Research Seminar
11 May 2023
ERI/CUBS researchers publish national picture of offshore renewable energy sector
08 May 2023
UCC engineering programmes praised for embedding sustainability
26 April 2023
How the curlew bird became Ireland's poster child for extinction
18 April 2023
7 things you should know about carbon capture
14 April 2023
Professor Marcel Jansen appointed as member of the UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel
06 April 2023
National Fossil Photo Contest
06 April 2023
ESAI Postgraduate of the Year 2023
03 April 2023
Researchers at the Environmental Research Institute of University College Cork (UCC) and colleagues in Columbia University develop new method to improve climate policy
24 March 2023
When will my electricity bills start to come down?
22 March 2023
World Water Day – A Duckweed film from the Brainwaves project
15 March 2023
Circular Tales - a listening event
13 March 2023
New ERI Director – Prof Brian Ó Gallachóir
13 March 2023
Meet our new ERI Academic – Dr Crystal Addey
10 March 2023
Green Week – Biodiversity Spring Walk
08 March 2023
Win a Fossil-Hunting Trip with Experts From UCC
08 March 2023
Major ornithological conference to be held in Cork
07 March 2023
New EPA report on Building Coastal and Marine Resilience in Ireland
06 March 2023
UCC Green Week Symposium
06 March 2023
Ireland’s woodlands to become ‘living classrooms’ following successful pilot project
04 March 2024
The Glenkeen Variations
02 March 2023
UCC welcomes Presidential visit
28 February 2023
6 reasons why the UN's Sustainable Development Goals matter
23 February 2023
UCC and Queen’s University establish first all-island sustainability network
22 February 2023
International Mother Language Day (IMLD)
22 February 2023
All you need to know about putting solar panels on your roof
20 February 2023
UCC awarded €3.5m to deliver energy modelling for Ireland
20 February 2023
Mock COP27
17 February 2023
Empowering coastal communities to be climate resilient
15 February 2023
How will Irish energy costs and supply change in the next 12 months?
10 February 2023
Inaugural Professorial lecture - Prof Gregorio Iglesias
02 February 2023
How does climate change affect our health in Ireland and Northern Ireland?
02 February 2023
ERI Academic appointed to Carbon Budgets Working Group
31 January 2023
Science in Society Public Lecture Series
31 January 2023
Dr Aoife Daly awarded €2m ERC Consolidator Grant
30 January 2023
Why the Government has to go beyond cars to cut transport emissions
26 January 2023
Open House at the Ellen Hutchins Reading Room and Archives
23 January 2023
SEFS Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series - Professor Maria McNamara
13 January 2023
Topics in Climate Ethics: Loss and Damage, Carbon Pricing, and Civilizational Collapse
11 January 2023
Showcasing ERI Postgraduate Research
19 December 2022
Good news stories from 2022
16 December 2022
Study finds flightless Puffins vulnerable to winter storms for two months a year
15 December 2022
ERI Christmas reading list 2022
14 December 2022
Why haven't petrol prices fallen in line with oil prices?
12 December 2022
UCC ranked as one of the most ‘sustainable universities’ in the world
09 December 2022
ERI Lunchtime Seminar Series
06 December 2022
University College Cork to go plastic free
01 December 2022
Food Vision for the Beef Sector
30 November 2022
UCC maps research to UN SDGs
29 November 2022
Anthropocene and Poetry with David Farrier (Friday, 2nd December @ 10am)
24 November 2022
Here are the 7 sins of greenwashing
24 November 2022
Data centres: a view from Europe
22 November 2022
MaREI team wins SFI Engaged Research of the Year Award
16 November 2022
Calling all fossil lovers!
15 November 2022
UCC project shines a light on healthier food
15 November 2022
Could anaerobic digestion reduce emissions and natural gas use?
10 November 2022
UCC Sustainable Futures Colloborates with Microsoft on Sustainability Transformation Research
09 November 2022
Cork County Council & UCC agree coastal erosion project
04 November 2022
UCC students and researchers to attend crucial COP27 talks
02 November 2022
Supporting Local Enterprise
01 November 2022
Seminar: Governing Disaster Risk in a Changing Climate
01 November 2022
Event: Children/Youth and the Right to a Healthy Environment
27 October 2022
Upcoming seminar: 'Where next for climate assemblies?' with Professor Graham Smith
27 October 2022
Citizen’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss
25 October 2022
Is Ireland's energy system broken?
20 October 2022
Dance Artist/Plant Science Residencies
17 October 2022
Eco-Humanities Online Lunchtime Seminar
10 October 2022
SEAI Energy Award winners 2022
10 October 2022
IRC Laureate Award for ERI’s Dr Kate Kiseeva
07 October 2022
How to save cash on your energy bills
06 October 2022
Empowering people to take climate action
05 October 2022
Just a tiny amount of oil damages seabirds’ feathers, UCC study reveals
04 October 2022
A Perspective for a Shared Sustainable Future – TEDx
03 October 2022
Mock COP27 @UCC Open Day 2022
03 October 2022
Future Humanities Institute Inaugural Lecture Series
23 September 2022
All you need to know about putting solar panels on your roof
21 September 2022
Introducing the Ellen Hutchins Building
19 September 2022
Join us on Culture Night 2022
15 September 2022
7 energy saving measures Ireland could take right now
13 September 2022
Not all “biodegradable” teabags are living up to their name, new UCC study reveals
09 September 2022
Scientists uncover a hidden force governing the survival of deep sea life
06 September 2022
Our new PI - Financial economics expert Dr Fergal O’Connor joins the ERI
01 September 2022
27 new positions available under UCC Futures Sustainability call
29 August 2022
ERI researchers amongst UCC awardees of over €3 million in funding for emerging research talent
24 August 2022
Jellyfish inspired garden open in Blarney Castle & Gardens
24 August 2022
Become a Citizen Scientist and measure air pollution in Cork City
19 August 2022
Heritage Week: Wild Child Days in the Ellen Hutchins Festival
18 August 2022
Fail to plan, plan to fail: Achieving greater coherence and integration between the emergency management and climate adaptation frameworks in Ireland
16 August 2022
Heritage Week 2022
11 August 2022
Researchers identify most dangerous times for hares at Dublin Airport
05 August 2022
Getting our teeth into the environmental impacts of mercury-free fillings
04 August 2022
Uncovering the effects of climate change on Oysters
04 August 2022
Heritage Week 2022 – Join us in Skibbereen!
29 July 2022
UCC and the University of Plymouth agree climate research partnership
28 July 2022
Climate change could be making it harder for seabirds to feed, study finds
27 July 2022
UCC Futures: seeking a Lecturer in Zoology & Animal Ecology to join the ERI
27 July 2022
Study reveals major knowledge gaps regarding Irish soil quality
26 July 2022
Pioneering system for valorising dairy wastewater
25 July 2022
Imagine our future “deliberatively” to achieve sustainability
21 July 2022
Palaeontology experts gather at UCC for annual conference
18 July 2022
Work with Us - Senior Lecturers in Environmental Sustainability
18 July 2022
How an ancient swamp became a sex death trap for frogs
13 July 2022
A look back at the ERI’s activity in 2021
12 July 2022
Climate Lab in a Box
11 July 2022
Can community-owned wind farms help achieve energy freedom?
05 July 2022
Minister Eamon Ryan meets MaREI project partners in Dingle Peninsula
04 July 2022
Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth’s worst mass extinction
01 July 2022
All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Forum 2022
28 June 2022
Immerse yourself in the NatureWatch Festival - engaging with nature through technology
27 June 2022
RIA Discourse Lecture on Mammal Biodiversity and Climate Change
24 June 2022
Climate Change and Civilization Collapse
24 June 2022
'Unlocking Sustainability' - ERI delegation attend Environ 2022
08 June 2022
Glucksman Gallery to host Fossil Art Exhibition
08 June 2022
Climate & Sustainability Doctoral Training Partnership with University of Plymouth
07 June 2022
Funding for ERI Academics for projects promoting STEM
02 June 2022
ERI Researchers recognised at the 2021 University College Cork Research Awards
30 May 2022
ERI hosts conference to discuss the fate of wind turbine blades
27 May 2022
Professor Sarah Culloty appointed to Board of the Irish Fulbright Commission
11 May 2022
Eco-Humanities Summer Seminar: To decolonize nature we need ‘a story about feeling ’ – Freya Matthews
25 May 2022
Closing the loop on the energy-food-materials nexus
24 May 2022
National Biodiversity Week: ERI partners with Glucksman Gallery for ‘Parklife’ exhibition
23 May 2022
ERI Researchers listed in the Top 10 Engineering & Technology Scientists in Ireland
18 May 2022
ERI Academics awarded €2.5m in SFI Frontiers for the Future
17 May 2022
“Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of”
16 May 2022
How to save cash on your energy bills
12 May 2022
ERI Academics appointed to Royal Irish Academy Committees
03 May 2022
How long does energy innovation take?
29 April 2022
Do female mammals actually take more risks than males?
28 April 2022
Knowledge is power: how a better understanding of our home heating choices could save lives – New EPA Research Report (EPA Research 407)
28 April 2022
How quickly can we ramp up renewables to deliver energy needs?
27 April 2022
UCC ranked as global leader working towards a sustainable future
26 April 2022
€3.9m project sees academia and multinationals join forces to help businesses benefit from sustainability drive
26 April 2022
End-of-Life Issues for Onshore Wind Farms, Conference Friday 27th May 2022, Cork
20 April 2022
Pterosaur discovery solves ancient feather mystery
14 April 2022
€15.8M in 2021 - celebrating the funding achievements of our ERI researchers
06 April 2022
UCC works with Cork City Council to declare Clean Air Zone
06 April 2022
UCC ranked in top 100 globally in Agriculture and Forestry
25 March 2022
Sustainable Futures skills mapping for SMEs
21 March 2022
World Water Day 2022: Game-changing UCC project turns wastewater into food source
22 March 2022
WEBINAR 15: GREENING OUR CITY - The blue and the red: Discovering the Biodiversity of Cork's Streams Using Citizen Science
10 March 2022
Launch of EPA report on the impact of climate change on phenology in Ireland
10 March 2022
10 Actions for Ireland to Reduce Fossil Fuel by 10%
09 March 2022
The Russian energy crisis and Ireland's reliance on fossil fuels
07 March 2022
International Women's Day
07 March 2022
Breastfeeding can be good for public health—and the planet too
28 February 2022
New lecturer in Palaeontology joins the ERI academic team
21 February 2022
New lecturer in Environmental Science joins the ERI academic team
17 February 2022
Citizen science in freshwater rivers
11 February 2022
Stories from our researchers on International Women in Science Day
10 February 2022
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
07 February 2022
Why the reign of SUVs on Irish roads should end
19 January 2022
ERI team make Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action
27 January 2025
Ellen Hutchins Building Open House
14 February 2024
UCC researchers awarded €3.7m for new research to address climate and environmental challenges
11 October 2022
How should Ireland go about protecting its energy supplies?
26 January 2022
5 radical ways the Government can tackle climate change
18 January 2022
ERI researcher named 2021 Winner of Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy
14 January 2022
Announcing Book Launch - Metaphor, Sustainability, Transformation
20 December 2021
How to stay COVID safe at home this Christmas
17 December 2021
Professor Áine Ryall elected Chair of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
14 December 2021
UCC ranked as one of the most ‘sustainable universities’ in the world
07 December 2021
The LIVE project - Join us in December for some online lunchtime talks
03 December 2021
UCC researchers recognised in Irish awards
01 December 2021
Coastal Atlas of Ireland wins Best Irish-Published Book of the Year 2021
30 November 2021
Ireland’s Fossil Heritage - Free STEM workshops for primary schools
22 November 2021
Ireland’s Climate Action Plan – read our researchers commentary
19 November 2021
Why highly sensitive people are more connected with nature
19 November 2021
UCC @COP26 – Week 2 round up
19 November 2021
How and where you shop has a big impact on food waste, study reveals
19 November 2021
ERI researcher appointed Deputy Director of iCRAG
18 November 2021
Just what is an electronic nose? Updates from the RADICAL project
15 November 2021
Human rights in a changing environment
12 November 2021
Watch now - Climate change, health and co-benefits
12 November 2021
British Ambassador meets UCC COP26 delegation
08 November 2021
BEES at COP26
05 November 2021
The KinShip Project Receives Creative Climate Action Award from Creative Ireland
05 November 2021
ERI @COP26 Week 1 round-up
04 November 2021
Model COP26 sees UCC students limit warming to 2°C
02 November 2021
Sustainable Communities Mural
02 November 2021
Searching for new medicines in the oceans
27 October 2021
New whale species discovered and to be named after Mātauranga Māori whale expert
28 October 2021
UCC to send delegation to UN COP 26
27 October 2021
UCC Community Week – Cork Food Policy webinar
26 October 2021
Announcing the launch of an Online and Part-time PG Certificate/Masters in Sustainability in Enterprise
11 October 2021
South Parish Tree Audit Launched
08 October 2021
Now enrolling: WATER QUALITY MONITORING: Short Courses for Continuous Professional Development
05 October 2021
Air Quality and Health Workshop
30 September 2021
COP26 @ UCC
29 September 2021
UCC Community Week webinar on topic of Food
23 September 2021
Air Quality in Cork public talk and Q&A
20 September 2021
Study reveals first Irish picture of the socioeconomic impact of the pandemic
20 September 2021
How will the City Development Plan Green Our City
06 September 2021
The Coastal Atlas of Ireland
01 September 2021
Ground-breaking international research determines role insects and deadwood play in carbon cycle
25 August 2021
ERI Annual Report 2020
16 August 2021
Teagasc and UCC Host International Animal Welfare Science Conference
11 August 2021
Invitation to PLATEFORMS Workshop, September 2nd, 2021
09 August 2021
COP-26 & Collaborative lighthouse projects for Climate Action
04 August 2021
UCC Led Research Team Awarded €3.5 million To Turn Waste Heat into Electricity
26 July 2021
New EU and Norwegian Research Council genetic study sheds considerable light on marine migratory behaviour of salmon
21 July 2021
UCC experts appointed to lead Covid-19 response
19 July 2021
Anthropocene consciousness and environmental humanities
14 July 2021
What's in a name? Why 'global warming' became 'climate change'
29 June 2021
MESA PI, Dr Tim Sullivan has been appointed as Director of the UNEP GEMS/Water CDC!
28 June 2021
Watch it back - Healthy Planet, Healthy Communities
24 June 2021
Cork can be a global leader in sustainable business education
18 June 2021
Watch it back - Can Ireland Thrive Within the Doughnut?
18 June 2021
Government extends funding for research programme to protect vital marine ecosystem
16 June 2021
Fossil research shows woodlice cousins roamed Ireland 360 million years ago
15 June 2021
Alarming decline of marine sponges in Cork lake shows improvement
08 June 2021
UCC scientists show that freshwater plants are passing microplastics up the food chain
03 June 2021
RIA Symposium - Better together: knowledge co-production for a sustainable society
02 June 2021
UCC-led project to investigate impact of Asian hornet on ecosystem
27 May 2021
Sign up for the BRAINWAVES Newsletter
21 May 2021
Environ 2021 – Register now for Public Keynote from Kate Raworth
19 May 2021
Promoting access to research platforms in atmospheric sciences
18 May 2021
Urgent action needed to protect dolphins and porpoises from bycatch in European waters
17 May 2021
The Journey of the Amsterdam Doughnut Coalition
13 May 2021
Call for communities in south Kerry to contribute to wildlife research
05 May 2021
Humanities for the Anthropocene
27 April 2021
The challenges Ireland faces in achieving a 'net zero' economy
22 April 2021
UCC ranked as a global leader working towards a sustainable future
20 April 2021
UCC’s plankton club launches a new educational website
15 April 2021
Healthy Planet, Healthy Communities - ERI to host 31st Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium
13 April 2021
Participate in our upcoming event
07 April 2021
€20m in 2020 - Celebrating the funding achievements of our ERI researchers
01 April 2021
Government welcomes MaREI report heralding A Net-Zero Energy System
25 March 2021
UCC Arboretum gets major funding for Tree Explorers
23 March 2021
UCC Ranked 57th in the World for Agriculture and Forestry
19 March 2021
Cork City Council & Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry collaborate to launch air quality dashboard
18 March 2021
Human dominance of Earth has come at a steep cost to our planet
18 March 2021
Off-setting short-term thinking to promote a low carbon and climate-resilient future
16 March 2021
Climate Change “Winners” May Owe Financial Compensation to Polluters
15 March 2021
UCC’s Equality Week webinar looks at Climate Change vulnerability
15 March 2021
CHIMERA project at forefront of International Energy Agency new webinar series
11 March 2021
Watch it back: Beyond Capitalism - Mapping an Eco-Social Future
01 March 2021
University College Cork appoints its first female Head of the College Of Science, Engineering, and Food Science
23 February 2021
ERI/CUBS researcher elected President of Agrinatura
19 February 2021
Environmental Humanities expert joins the ERI academic team
18 February 2021
UCC led ‘Sustainable Futures’ project will lead the transition to sustainable enterprise and business
17 February 2021
UCC/ERI-Led Research Team Awarded €3.5 million To Turn Waste Heat into Electricity
17 February 2021
Beyond Capitalism: Mapping an Eco-Social Future - Webinar
15 February 2021
How severe weather events like cold snaps affect energy prices
08 February 2021
Fossil pigments shed new light on vertebrate evolution, UCC study finds
01 February 2021
Watch back now: Webinar on Enforcing European Union Environmental Law
28 January 2021
Citizen engagement for deliberative futures
27 January 2021
Europe's Rivers Are Broken, But There Is a Fix
27 January 2021
Cork Air Forecasting and Public Response
25 January 2021
ERI Researcher named as Finalist for the Andrew Light Award
20 January 2021
UNEP GEMS/Water Capacity Development Centre receives funding to enter new phase
15 January 2021
Barn Owls given a helping hand thanks to BirdWatch Ireland nest box project
13 January 2021
BEES/ERI zoo research group website launched
11 January 2021
Why 2021 will be a pivotal year for climate action in Ireland
15 December 2020
Christmas reading list - Our researchers’ select their favourite sustainability-themed books from 2020
10 December 2020
UCC ranked as one of the most ‘sustainable universities’ in the world
09 December 2020
ERI researcher amongst UCC recipients of prestigious European backing
08 December 2020
Is it time to reduce the use of solid fuels to heat our homes?
30 November 2020
UCC Law Event to Discuss EU Environmental Law Enforcement
26 November 2020
MaREI's Virtual Science Week a great success
24 November 2020
UCC’s iconic tree collection receives international recognition
17 November 2020
Covid-19 pandemic recovery is ideal time to introduce carbon pricing, research finds
16 November 2020
Will Joe Biden's presidency be a climate game-changer?
12 November 2020
Why has the cost of renewable energy fallen so much?
10 November 2020
Science Week 2020: “Why is the Sky Blue?” And other questions answered by our experts!
09 November 2020
Expert in Sustainable Food Systems joins the ERI
06 November 2020
UCC/ERI academic receives prestigious award
06 November 2020
ERI Researcher leads €3.2M air quality project
03 November 2020
Meet our newest colleague and expert in Climate Ethics and Policy
02 November 2020
Webinar - The Emerging Role of Online Food Retail Systems for Sustainability
02 November 2020
Energy Policy and Modelling Group advise on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill
30 October 2020
Teaching Environmental Law for Policy Innovation and Impact
29 October 2020
Unwitting Tourists Cause Gannet Nests to Fail on Saltee
27 October 2020
Captive-bred salmon perform poorly in the wild and do not enhance wild populations
21 October 2020
Why airborne transmission of Covid-19 will increase this winter
19 October 2020
Dr Áine Ryall gives evidence to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action
16 October 2020
Why we need a technological dialogue around climate change
14 October 2020
The only story you'll read today about 12 kilos of owl vomit
12 October 2020
How the pandemic led to a cycling renaissance
09 October 2020
The Green Scene on Newstalk feat. Prof Brian O’Gallachoir
08 October 2020
Two in five plant species are at risk of extinction
06 October 2020
Webinar: The Emerging Role of Online Food Retail Systems for Sustainability
05 October 2020
Greening our City Webinar 2: Healthy One-Planet Communities
02 October 2020
Under the sea: finding out more about corals in the Atlantic Ocean
30 September 2020
UCC contributes to major global report on plant biodiversity
25 September 2020
Biodiversity loss, emerging pathogens and human health risks
21 September 2020
ERI 2019 Annual Report
18 September 2020
Are research institutes fulfilling their interdisciplinary roles in universities?
14 September 2020
Greening our city - a webinar series
14 September 2020
Citizens in the energy grid – the role of communities in the low-carbon transition
25 August 2020
The future of transport: what about trucks, ships and planes?
21 August 2020
Here's what should be on Eamon Ryan's ministerial to-do list
19 August 2020
How to measure the demographic impact of a pandemic
14 August 2020
Why you can't rely on some documentaries for the full picture
10 August 2020
How to sell positive messages to deal with climate change
04 August 2020
UCC/ERI researchers make major, concerning, microplastics discovery
27 July 2020
UN Environment Programme GEMS/Water Capacity Development Centre (CDC) newsletter
22 July 2020
The Circular Economy: Swings and Roundabouts?
16 July 2020
What can we learn from the COVID 19 pandemic to create a more sustainable world?
13 July 2020
These Days Will Change Our Days
01 July 2020
When COVID-19 surfaced, we felt we could provide some expertise in tracking the disease
01 July 2020
Introducing a New Course Higher Diploma in Sustainability in Enterprise
25 June 2020
A global perspective on tackling COVID-19 now and preventing further pandemics in the future
23 June 2020
Will working from home help save the environment?
17 June 2020
MSc project feature: Mohamed Juanah's freshwater quality research in Sierra Leone
15 June 2020
The next generation of batteries
11 June 2020
ERI Researcher amongst UCC's 2020 Fulbright Awardees
10 June 2020
Putting COVID-19 infections on the map
05 June 2020
Cow burps and cars - a new way of measuring emissions
02 June 2020
How we've rediscovered the natural world during the lockdown
25 May 2020
European Green Deal and its implications for Ireland
22 May 2020
Close-up: UN GEMS Water CDC MSc student Jeremiah Asumbere’s research into freshwater quality in Accra, Ghana.
19 May 2020
ERI Biogas Project shortlisted for €5m SFI prize
19 May 2020
First full picture of Covid-19 restrictions' impact on Ireland’s pollution levels revealed
12 May 2020
Marine Geology Wednesday Webinars – Open to all!
07 May 2020
ERI Professor receives €1m AXA Research Chair
01 May 2020
No traffic on the roads means carbon emissions have 'plummeted'
27 April 2020
50 years of Earth Day
21 April 2020
Join the MaREI online Biofuels Symposium
14 April 2020
Is it time for Ireland to give nuclear power a chance?
08 April 2020
Why have petrol prices fallen at the pumps?
06 April 2020
GEMS/Water CDC Update
03 April 2020
How coronavirus measures have changed electricity demand
03 April 2020
Aquaponics and Global Food Challenges
01 April 2020
A world without oil?
24 March 2020
ERI celebrates €22m in newly funded projects
19 March 2020
Mitigate, Adapt or Suffer – UCC hosts seminar from renowned climate scientist Prof Katharine Hayhoe
18 March 2020
Just why is it so hard to predict the future?
09 March 2020
Mitigate, Adapt or Suffer : Connecting Global Change to Local Impacts and Solutions
02 March 2020
New Environmental Economics expert joins the ERI
26 February 2020
How governance should ensure progress of the Climate Action Plan
17 February 2020
Why haven't actions to tackle climate change worked to date?
10 February 2020
Is climate change making our birds extinct?
03 February 2020
Why plants are central to saving the planet
28 January 2020
4 climate change questions to ask general election candidates
27 January 2020
Lessons on climate action from the Rural Electrification scheme
20 January 2020
ERI Researcher receives Irish USA Alumni Award
15 January 2020
Agroforestry expert Paul Soden of Green Man Farm to give seminar at UCC
10 January 2020
New Geochemistry Expert joins the ERI
07 January 2020
5 ways an Irish household can reduce carbon emissions
03 January 2020
The Attenborough effect: the power of nature documentaries
18 December 2019
UCC joins world scientists’ in warning of a Climate Emergency
18 December 2019
People power can help fuel climate change reversal
12 December 2019
Groundwater a major global reservoir for antimicrobial resistant bacteria
11 December 2019
Cork's air quality amongst the worst in Europe
10 December 2019
Why we have sex to thank for our cheeses
05 December 2019
Dr. Aine Ryall awarded Cork Environmental Forum Public Sector Award
02 December 2019
Cork – a Healthy City in a Changing Climate?
20 November 2019
Could photosynthetic algae be the key to sustainable biogas production?
04 November 2019
New Environmental Engineering Expert joins the ERI
23 October 2019
Launch of the CAP4Nature website aims to make CAP funding work both for farmers and wildlife
23 October 2019
Cork to host European Aquaculture Conference 2020
07 October 2019
Study: Do nature documentaries make a difference?
01 October 2019
Centre for Law and the Environment hosting an open event at UCC
30 September 2019
New Energy Modelling and Climate Policy Expert joins the ERI
30 August 2019
Event to Discuss EU Environmental Law Enforcement
28 August 2019
Cork: A Healthy City in a Changing Climate?
21 August 2019
UCC scientists discover new way to reconstruct what extinct animals looked like
29 July 2019
Study finds plastics at bottom of deep submarine canyon
25 July 2019
Sharks at increasing risk of becoming fishing bycatch
24 July 2019
Climate change occurring faster than birds can adapt
02 July 2019
Over 100 people Participate in Centre for Law and the Environment Seminar
20 June 2019
Clean Air Day
13 June 2019
Long-term population monitoring used to study Atlantic salmon evolution
11 June 2019
The Centre for Law & the Environment, UCC is Hosting a Seminar on the Theme Recent Developments in European Union Environmental Law
05 June 2019
Visualising air pollution: Five iconic images from across the globe
04 June 2019
Feathers came first, then birds
16 May 2019
Winds of change: UCC conference to host world energy experts
09 May 2019
Funding for SFI Research Centres announced
02 May 2019
Study Finds Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton May Alter the Amount of Carbon Dioxide Reaching the Sea Floor
28 March 2019
Mary Robinson the first guest on UCC’s new podcast
28 March 2019
Ireland's first zero-emissions bus arrives to MaREI/ERI
17 April 2019
World sustainability experts gather at UCC
25 March 2019
UV4Plants Workshop 2019
19 March 2019
Law and the Environment 2019
14 March 2019
“Ozone depletion is itself contributing to climate change” - UCC Professor co-authors latest UN report on the effects of ozone depletion
08 March 2019
Irish Lab Awards