Op-ed articles

• Programme for government offers credible green pathway, Irish Times, 18 June 2020.
• State must step up its capacity to deliver climate action, Irish Times, 13 December 2019.
• Missed opportunity for societal dialogue on climate crisis, Green News, 9 December 2019.
• Lessons for proposed Citizens’ Assembly on biodiversity, Green News, 10 July 2019 (with Martha Coleman, Laura Devaney, and Pat Brereton).
• Ireland’s world-leading citizens’ climate assembly. What worked? What didn’t?, Climate Home News, 27 June 2019 (with Martha Coleman, Laura Devaney, and Pat Brereton).
• Ireland’s climate revolution must start with transport, Irish Times, 24 May 2019 (with Laura Devaney).
• What’s in Ireland’s landmark climate change report?, RTE Brainstorm, 29 March 2019.
• Citizen engagement central to combating climate threat, Irish Times, 30 November 2018.
• We’ve been warned – the cost of action is lower than inertia, Irish Independent, 9 October 2018.
• What will Brexit mean for climate change?, RTE Brainstorm, 14 February 2018.
• Trump’s prioritisation of domestic dirty industries will fail, Irish Times, 2 June 2017.
• COP21 a Step in Right Direction, Still a Long Way to Go, Irish Times, 11 December 2015.
• Climate Change: Robust EU Engagement at Paris Crucial, Irish Times, 4 November 2015.
• China’s Climate Change Plan Represents Decisive Move, Irish Times, 27 July 2015.
• Strengthening Climate Diplomacy, European Voice, 14 November 2013.
• Europe Can Do Better, ChinaDialogue, 16 May 2012; republished in the Chinese edition of the Financial Times, 18 May 2012.

Parliamentary committee appearances

• Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport, 19 June 2019: I was invited along with Laura Devaney to present findings from our NESC research report Advancing the Low-Carbon Transition in Irish Transport.

Broadcast interviews

• Oireachtas TV, 29 November 2019: Panelist for studio discussion on the subject “Can democracy adequately respond to climate change?”.
• RTE Six One News, 1 June 2017: Interviewed live in studio on the subject of Donald Trump’s announcement of US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.
• BBC World Service “Business Matters” programme, broadcast 10 December 2015: Interviewed for segment on “Climate Talks: Rich and Developing Nations Divided”.
• “Irish Times World View: COP21 Paris 2015”: Interviewed by Paddy Smith along with Harry McGee for an Irish Times podcast on the forthcoming Paris climate change conference, posted 20 October 2015.