Fintan Kelly

'Not just an environmental problem' A brief insight into what's happening at the Cop17 Global Biodiversity summit in Yerevan from Jane Stout of @tcddublin.bsky.social @fintankelly.bsky.social & Minister Christopher O'Sullivan www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

🌿 Irish civil society are at COP17 with our largest ever delegation. At a time when multilateralism, science & nature restoration are under pressure, civil society presence matters more than ever ‘Taking Action for Nature’ requires progress on funding, rights-based conservation & perverse subsidies

If climate change didn’t exist, air pollution alone would be reason enough to end fossil fuel dependency.

Ms Abdualu’s mother and her two sisters and brother were killed in an Israeli missile strike in March 2024. Her grandparents, her aunt, and other relations were also killed in the attack. Ms Abdualu was buried under rubble beside the body of one of her sisters for hours before being rescued.

I truly can't recall an issue where the government have so openly worked against the will of the Irish people. Time and again, polls have shown this is a fringe position in Ireland and yet FFG are fighting tooth and nail for it. This represents a fundamental change to how we identify as a country.

Take action to save Europe’s environmental laws. The #HandsOffNature petition closes today, 20 October. Be a voice for nature. Sign the petition www.environmentalpillar.ie/hands-off-na...

Final 24 hours. More than 1 million people have signed the Hands OFF Nature petition to defend Europe’s nature laws. The petition closes at midday tomorrow. Sign and share now: handsoffnature.eu Our health and nature are not up for sale #HandsOffNature

🚨 Only 2 days left to tell decision-makers: #HandsOffNature! Join over 1,100,000 citizens defending EU nature laws! If you oppose the weakening of EU nature laws, now is the time to speak up. Your voice matters. Use it now 👇 birdlifemalta.org/handsoffnatu...

So the UK gov criminalised support for a group campaigning against arms exports used in Israel’s occupation, while itself recognising Palestinian statehood, declaring Israel’s ongoing occupation unlawful, and moved to refuse export licences for arms. Is support for the UK gov a criminal offence?

COP 17, Armenia - EVENT ALERT ⚠️🐋 Marine Protected Areas - Effective Delivery in Practice, hosted by Fair Seas. We will bring together international experts and practitioners to explore what makes Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) work in practice. Share & register - luma.com/5kscbjgr #FairSeas #COP17

“Deeply concerning development”. Yes, it is. @asilorg.bsky.social President on US sanctions on the ICC.

Sepp was a renowned scientist, but more importantly, a decent human being who was willing to speak up for what he thought was right. A key example was his active support of the Nature Restoration Law. Rest easy Sepp.

This is ridiculous as a national strategy. Acre for acre solar PV delivers about 20 times more energy than biomethane. Why in the name of ,,, would a government promote this stuff. Source: Agriland share.google/vrn0afb48ocG...

WE WON. Lead in gunshot will finally be banned across the EU! Just now, the European Parliament approved in plenary the Commission's proposal to restrict lead in gunshot. This decision ends years of debate on one of Europe's most persistent forms of lead pollution.

🚨 NEW REPORT: The pesticide industry didn't just lobby on the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. More like they co-wrote it. This report shows how. Check it out 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/f... Thread 🧵👇

Minister says a dedicated Nature Restoration Fund is on the way after Budget finds little spare cash for the sector www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...

Yesterday was a bad day for nature as virtually no new funding was announced. The guessing and uncertainty as how Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan is to be funded goes on. www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...

If we could get endangered wildlife to run around a race track they'd have a better chance at getting support from this government.

📢 10k farmers and citizens demanded stronger #pesticide rules and an end to the export of banned pesticides + accountability for water & soil pollution at the #Syngenta factory in Normandy 🇫🇷. A 2nd protest took place in🇨🇭. #StopPesticides

🚨Today, EU ambassadors approved the Council’s position on speeding up environmental assessments. Fast-tracking permits for “strategic” projects risks rushed assessments and public consultation. Now it's time for MEPs to stand up for environmental rules that protect people, communities and nature.

We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice

New report uses publicly available data to explore data centre development & 'disproportionate drain on public resources' — 'Data centres may have consumed as much water in Ireland last year as about 340,600 homes, some 18.5% of total number of occupied dwellings' www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

I love ravens. The always feel ancient and ageless.

‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak The planet is entering uncharted territory. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Government are proposing that a developer building up to 250 houses won't have to assess at even a basic level the impacts of that development on the environment. This would be unlawful & disastrous for the environment. www.rte.ie/news/politic...

Have you got yours yet?

I had a great time at Climate Carnival yesterday talking about Land and Food with an amazing cast of speakers ably corralled by Rob Yorke.

The ecocide of Amazonia is one with the genocide of its peoples. Yanuni documents the Indigenous peoples of Brazil’s ongoing struggle for survival through the life and work of Indigenous leader Juma. youtu.be/RhDdAONYZeQ?...

Breaking news: invasion of wild boar! They destroy gardens and scatter rubbish. This is a good example from Portugal of how media coverage can sensationalise human–wildlife conflict. A few wild boar are simply foraging through a town, where food waste is readily available

Climate Carnival is back in Ballintubbert House, Co. Laois on September 29th - 30th 2 days, 3 events, 4 stages – where over 50 speakers, leaders & performers will be exploring how we can break out of silos & transition to systems. Join me there. www.climatecocktailclub.org/climate-carn...

Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Nature Restoration Law coming into effect 🎂 As fires & drought cause havoc across Europe the necessity for Nature Restoration is clear. We need to see an ambitious Nature Restoration Plan from government including dedicated funding & action on public lands.

You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way... to get in the way - John Lewis

The Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks

"Before dismantling the central accountability mechanism of its climate law, the Government should answer one question. Which projects have actually been stopped by Section 15?"

Ireland has ambitious targets under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation to re-establish native woodlands. To support this national effort we've mapped key native woodlands with potential for ambitious restoration using public lands Read more: www.environmentalpillar.ie/app/uploads/...

The Land Use Review raises lots of questions for Ireland - the answers raise lots of dilemmas. A farmer, forester, renewables consultant, land lecturer, environmentalist & and nature restorer share insights @hometreecharity.bsky.social @fintankelly.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

The Land Use Review is complex and far-reaching, which may explain the limited attention it has received so far. But the scale of the challenge demands much stronger public debate and clear government action. Credit to Caroline O’Doherty for bringing it into focus www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

‘Then there was the casual, almost Muskian, manner in which minister Jack Chambers disbanded the climate division in the Department of Public Expenditure. In other words, the man holding the purse strings on big projects does not need any environmental inputs on their effects or improvement.’

Public land must lead the way in Nature Restoration 🦡 Restore Nature: Native Woodlands project - identifies where public lands can support the expansion of Ireland’s most important remnant woodlands. All that's needed is vision and political will 🌱🌳 www.environmentalpillar.ie/app/uploads/...

Fish kills have happened on the Tolka River in 2014, 2018, 2023 and now 2026. We can't go on treating our rivers like this.

After a month of very little rain the Ballynastockan Brook is still flowing into Poulaphouca helping to supply Dublin City with water. Take care of our uplands and they will take care of us.

My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

‘What was a beautiful habitat now is black soot’: Ireland’s wildfires devastate wildlife

Beautiful deep heather on the slopes of Seefin Mountain. Merlin, Red Kites, Ravens cutting through the air. Crossed dried out sphagnum pools and saw the burn scars around Kippure. A procession around the old passage tomb. Driving home, Glencullen wreathed in flame, Glencree choked in smoke.

"Civil and public servants sometimes get things wrong, and there has to be somewhere the citizen or resident of this country can go when they do. We call that 'somewhere' a judicial review." www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Ireland has ambitious targets under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation to re-establish native woodlands 🌱 From Killarney to Glendalough, Glengarriff to the Avoca Valley we have mapped key native woodlands with potential for ambitious restoration using public lands 🌳 Red more: l1nq.com/21qjl5y

NEW INVESTIGATION: Despite escaping the 'mega fires' seen in countries such as Spain and Greece, Ireland actually has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites, we can reveal

I won't lie I really want the future euro banknotes to have birds on them 🤑🦩