Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion
11:00 am
Dr. Róisín Moriarty:
Professor Daly mentioned removing silos in research. I want to interject on behalf of some of our arts and humanities colleagues. Culture, arts and humanities are about being able to tell stories about what our future looks like. We also need funding to break down the silos between science and the arts and humanities in order to work together on some of the other elements we have spoken about.
Our four volumes are heavily based on climate science, science and engineering and there is this other part we are missing because of the way research funding is set up. We are working with colleagues across the arts, humanities and maybe more social sciences to get at some of those other elements such as how we make change happen in society and how we tell stories that inspire people to take action and work together for this new better world we can have.