Katja Bessonova

🌊 Along the west coast, a network of high-tech monitoring sites is collecting vital data on temperature, oxygen, and carbon, helping us understand how climate change is transforming our seas and providing information that shapes marine climate policy in Ireland and across Europe. 🌡️🐚 ➡️ Swipe through to see how scientists are tracking the heartbeat of our ocean and learn more about why this matters for life below water with the full story from this month's Spotlight on Science 💙 marine.ie/site-area/news… #COP30 #LifeBelowWater #OceanDecade #OceanAction

📊 Data + 🌍 Action = A stronger evidence base for nature recovery. Swipe through to discover how long-term ecological research and targeted restoration are shaping the future of Nephin Forest in Co. Mayo. Explore further: farmersjournal.ie/more/climate-a…

From the wild waters of Galway to the halls of the Science Museum in London! See how Irish scientists are farming fish, seaweed, and shellfish together to create a more sustainable future for food. 🌊🐟🌿 The Marine Institute is proud to represent Ireland at the Future of Food exhibition at the Science Museum, London (24 July 2025 – 4 Jan 2026), featuring our research into Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA). #FoodSystem #Food #MarineScience #Ocean #Sustainability cc @sciencemuseum @agriculture_ie

Exciting news: the US has launched a 20 MW #WaveEnergy testing facility. Spanning 2.65 sq miles and located seven miles out from the shore of Newport, Oregon, PacWave test site is expected to be a game changer for #MarineEnergy: washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti… cc @OregonState #Renewables

@torturedbynoise @BlueWise_Marine Posting a print screen with a statement that has no argumentation and scientific evidence does not prove anything. The approach BlueWise Marine offers is to establish monitoring systems to gather evidence to understand the possible effects and to learn how to deal with them.

A beached whale lies dead on the waterfront in #COP29 host city Baku, against the backdrop of the "Flame Towers" that symbolise Azerbaijan's fossil fuel resources

Fossil fuels drive #ClimateChange but are subsidized worldwide. Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted record-high fossil fuel subsidies. But, as prices reduced, now is the moment to lock in carbon pricing without exceeding recent price levels. theconversation.com/countries-spen… #COP29

As #COP29 gets underway, the consequences of #ClimateChange are ever more extreme. And so our digital landscape, obscuring the truth and delaying urgent action. It is not unsolvable! See this new @caadcoalition report for cases and solutions: caad.info/analysis/repor…

Voluntary standards for #biodiversity credits proposed at #COP16Colombia favor compensation on local like-for-like habitat projects, while critics say it steals the political discourse and capital from addressing the root causes of biodiversity loss. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Under neoliberal policies of deregulation, privatisation, austerity, and corporate trade, living standards sharply declined. Donald Trump ( and other rising far-rights) speaks to that pain. But what we know from the 30s is that what it takes to battle with fascism is a real left.

The toughest climate talks in a decade, #COP29Baku, kick off today. The main issue? Money ( tho it alwz is). The spotlight is on NCQG, the new collective quantified goal for #ClimateFinance, aiming to ensure funding for climate action in poorer nations. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing. The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos. 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@GeorgeMonbiot I also think the fact that democrats still put the neoliberal agenda over socialist swings people to the populist camp that many think of as anti-system.

This is how it happened: the deep reasons behind the support for Trump. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@TGlenane @WindEnergyIRL It can also be because climate change induced warmer waters and their food being in different places they are used to, also because of climate change. weforum.org/stories/2023/1…

@KatjaBessonova @WindEnergyIRL A right whale was recently spotted off Ireland - a very rare event. Did he migrate from the US east coast to get away or was he disoriented? SSE, in their recent planning application for offshore wind, asserted that marine mammals would migrate away from drilling noise etc..

Today's announcement clears the way for a new offshore auction to take place next year and we are very excited about the potential for Tonn Nua to drive significant green investment to coastal communities in the south-east. #offshorewind eu1.hubs.ly/H0dq42p0

@TGlenane @WindEnergyIRL The current scientific consensus doesn’t back up those assertions—at all. “No links whatsoever between the offshore wind development activity and especially the humpback whale mortalities. None. Zero,” says Duke University marine scientist Douglas Nowacek. scientificamerican.com/article/whales…

@WindEnergyIRL Meanwhile offshore in the UK ⬇️

With Ireland's general elections approaching, frustrations over rising living costs, housing shortages, and inequality are high. Remember, policy effects often lag by 5–10 years. Today’s crisis stems from years of neoliberal policies—not recent changes. irishexaminer.com/news/politics/…

Current 2030 #climate commitments are not being met, and even if they are met temperature rise will only be limited to 2.6-2.8C. Every fraction of a degree avoided counts in terms of lives saved, economies protected, and damages avoided. #ClimateCrisis irishtimes.com/world/2024/10/…

Negotiators at the #COP16 nature summit have weakened a draft decision on #ClimateChange and #biodiversity, after removing a mention of the global commitment to “transition away” from fossil fuels agreed at last year’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai. climatechangenews.com/2024/10/29/fos…

The #EnergyTransition offers major economic opportunities, but governments will also have to balance the interplay between trade and industrial development, encouraging competition and innovation while reducing costs to hit climate targets. iea.org/news/global-ma… via @IEA