MSc in Climate Change students, staff make submission to Dublin City Council consultation

Students and staff involved in DCU’s MSc in Climate Change: Policy, Media and Society have made a submission to the public consultation on Dublin City Council’s Draft Climate Action Plan. 

Students and staff teaching on the MSc in Climate Change were invited to participate in preparing a collaborative submission to the consultation. The process was run on an opt-in basis, meaning that the submission does not necessarily represent the views of all students and staff.

A preparatory workshop was held on 6 March, facilitated by Dr. Diarmuid Torney of DCU’s School of Law and Government. Students were allocated themes relevant to the consultation to research in advance of the workshop.

Following detailed discussion of each theme at the workshop, students were asked to draft material for their allocated theme. This was compiled and circulated to the group for comment, following which the content of this submission was finalised.

The submission is available here. The contents and recommendations of the submission were reviewed and endorsed by the 2018–19 sabbatical officers of DCU Students’ Union and the committee of the DCU Sustainable Living Society.

DCU’s MSc. in Climate Change: Policy, Media and Society was launched in September 2018. The programme examines how societies are responding to climate change, and how that response can be strengthened. It is the only Master’s programme in Ireland focused on climate change that adopts a social science and humanities perspective on this challenge. It brings together DCU’s unique strengths in the study of climate change governance and law, communications and media, societal transitions, and education.

For further details about the programme, please contact the course director, Prof. Pat Brereton: pat.brereton@dcu.ie.