Future of Global Development

Senator Ivana Bacik, Vice-President of The Hist chaired a stimulating evening of discussion on the future of Global Development. Professor Paul Collier (Oxford University) delivered a keynote address on the current problems facing capitalism, and Dr Jennifer Sheehy Skeffington (LSE) gave a response address drawing from the field of social psychology. In the second half, Professor Mary Robinson spoke about Climate Justice and Solidarity and introduced Kumi Naidoo, formerly head of Greenpeace and Amnesty International who delivered a rousing address on climate activism, and the need for an intersectional approach to climate action.

How to Decarbonise: The Technologies Exist

Professor David McConnell (Fellow Emeritus in Genetics, President of the College Historical Society), Dr. Eddie O’Connor (co-founder and chief executive of Mainstream Renewable Power, formerly Chief Executive of Airtricity), Alan Matthews (Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy, Trinity College Dublin)