Tipping Point

Tipping Point

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Tipping Point episodes

  • How do we deal with Ireland's mountains of electrical waste? | WEEE Ireland chief Leo Donovan joins us
    Welcome to the Tipping Point podcast, where Shauna Corr and Neil Leslie discuss all things climate.

    Humanity is now at a crossroads with two possible futures in front of us.

    One where we make the changes needed in the next decade and thrive - and a rather more alarming one where we don’t.

    This week, we speak to Leo Donovan from Waste Electrical and Electronic Ireland (WEEE) to discuss the mountains of Ireland's technological waste, what they do to help the environment and how we at home can change our habits to help the environment.

    Tipping Point is produced by Ciaran Bradley for Reach Ireland.

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    43 min
  • Will climate change usher in the end of human civilisation? Existential risk expert Luke Kemp joins us
    Welcome to the Tipping Point podcast, where Shauna Corr and Neil Leslie discuss all things climate.

    Humanity is now at a crossroads with two possible futures in front of us.

    One where we make the changes needed in the next decade and thrive - and a rather more alarming one where we don’t.

    This week, we speak to Luke Kemp from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk from the University of Cambridge.

    We discuss the potential collapse of societies as we know them due to catastrophic climate change. In his 'Climate Endgame' report, he has studied some of the worst-case scenarios if temperatures are left to rise unchecked.

    Tipping Point is produced by Ciaran Bradley for Reach Ireland.

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    47 min
  • How climate change killed tens of thousands in Europe - and what we need to do to prepare: WHO chief Oliver Schmoll
    Welcome to the Tipping Point podcast, where Shauna Corr and Neil Leslie discuss all things climate.

    Humanity is now at a crossroads with two possible futures in front of us.

    One where we make the changes needed in the next decade and thrive - and a rather more alarming one where we don’t.

    This week, we speak to Oliver Schmoll, manager with the climate change team at the World Health Organisation's European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH).

    Oliver discusses how the summer of 2022 caused tens of thousands of deaths from the heatwaves that swept Europe. We discuss how our health services need to prepare for the future and how more extreme heat will affect every aspect of our lives.

    Tipping Point is produced by Ciaran Bradley for Reach Ireland.

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    45 min
  • Is Ireland's government being held to account over its climate commitments? - Cara Augustenborg joins us
    Welcome to the Tipping Point podcast, where Shauna Corr and Neil Leslie discuss all things climate.

    Humanity is now at a crossroads with two possible futures in front of us.

    One where we make the changes needed in the next decade and thrive - and a rather more alarming one where we don’t.

    This week, we speak to Cara Augustenborg, Irish-American environmental scientist, policy lecturer, and advocate for climate action based in Ireland. Cara talks us through the work she has undertaken to ensure Ireland's government is held to account on climate policies.

    Tipping Point is produced by Ciaran Bradley for Reach Ireland.

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    46 min
  • Flossie Donnelly: The teenager leading a beach-cleaning movement across Ireland
    Welcome to the Tipping Point podcast, where Shauna Corr and Neil Leslie discuss all things climate.

    Humanity is now at a crossroads with two possible futures in front of us.

    One where we make the changes needed in the next decade and thrive - and a rather more alarming one where we don’t.

    This week, we speak to teenage beach cleaner Flossie Donnelly who, along with her mother and an army of volunteers, is helping to lead a revolution to help Ireland's marine wildlife.

    Tipping Point is produced by Ciaran Bradley for Reach Ireland.

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    29 min
  • Tessa Clarke: Co-founder of food-sharing app Olio shows us the astonishing story behind food waste emissions
    Welcome to the Tipping Point podcast, where Shauna Corr and Neil Leslie discuss all things climate.

    Humanity is now at a crossroads with two possible futures in front of us.

    One where we make the changes needed in the next decade and thrive - and a rather more alarming one where we don’t.

    This week, we speak to co-founder of food-sharing app Olio - Tessa Clarke - about why she got started the business and the frankly astonishing statistics around food waste worldwide in relation to carbon emissions.

    Tipping Point is produced by Ciaran Bradley for Reach Ireland.

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    37 min
  • John Sweeney: Maynooth climate expert on 'freak' weather events & what they mean for our future
    Welcome to the Tipping Point podcast, where Shauna Corr and Neil Leslie discuss all things climate.

    Humanity is now at a crossroads with two possible futures in front of us.

    One where we make the changes needed in the next decade and thrive - and a rather more alarming one where we don’t.

    This week, we speak to Maynooth University's Emerirtus Professor John Sweeney about the weather systems we are now seeing, and how we discern exactly what is being caused by humans. We talk about heatwaves, monsoons and the impact this will have on humanity's future.

    Tipping Point is produced by Ciaran Bradley for Reach Ireland.

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    51 min
  • Niklas Hagelberg: The UN director on the exciting solutions available to tackle climate change
    Welcome to the Tipping Point podcast, where Shauna Corr and Neil Leslie discuss all things climate.

    Humanity is now at a crossroads with two possible futures in front of us.

    One where we make the changes needed in the next decade and thrive - and a rather more alarming one where we don’t.

    This week, we speak to Niklas Hagelberg, Senior Programme Director at the United Nations' Environment programme. He talks about the exciting solutions to climate change and the challenges of getting all sectors of humanity to act for a better future.

    Tipping Point is produced by Ciaran Bradley for Reach Ireland.

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    45 min
  • Tipping Point - the climate solutions podcast coming Monday 7 November....
    Welcome to the Tipping Point podcast, where Shauna Corr and Neil Leslie discuss all things climate.

    Humanity is now at a crossroads with two possible futures in front of us.

    One where we make the changes needed in the next decade and thrive - and a rather more alarming one where we don’t.

    Neil and Shauna cover environmental stories every day as journalists.

    They speak to experts, activists and changemakers around the world about the realities of what climate change means for humanity

    There is still hope - and this podcast will show what we can all do to change to a better course.

    The series is produced by Ciaran Bradley for Reach Ireland.

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    2 min

About Tipping Point

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The world faces two potential futures.One where we harness the opportunities that the climate emergencies offers us, where humans apply their skills and energy to creating a better future for us…