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Project title

Operationalising Resilience in Irish Climate Action

Primary Funding Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

n/a

Lead Organisation

Maynooth University (MU)

Lead Applicant

Conor Murphy

Project Abstract

Resilience in the face of climate change is a widespread societal and policy objective, and acts a driver of research, funding and planning. But the ubiquity of this term masks a range of goals and intentions across society. As Ireland takes a lead in moving forward with a joined up approach to climate action it is key that different perspectives across the Irish population on resilience are represented in policy development, and that policy efforts across adaptation and mitigation are operationalised in a way that is cohesive and reflective of common goals. We know that sector specific responses are no longer sufficient. This requires an understanding of what resilience means for the Irish population and importantly, how ideas about resilience are being operationalised in practice. For this project we focus on key stakeholders in decision making processes, recognising their role as change agents we will work with civil society, government and industry to explore what resilience is, how it is being operationalised and ultimately exploring together co-operative approaches to climate action that reflect an inclusive form of climate resilience. On our advisory panel we have Karen O’ Brien who is an expert on individual and collective agency in climate adaptation and transformations to sustainability, and we will build on her research on relational approaches to understanding the lived experience of implementing resilience. Working with these broad range of stakeholders, this project seeks to understand what resilience means for different groups in Ireland, and will investigate how resilience is formally and informally operationalised, identifying key leverage points for more a more co-operative and inclusive approach for climate resilience in Ireland.

Grant Approved

�99,998.14

Research Hub

Climate Change

Research Theme

n/a

Start Date

31/03/2023

Initial Projected Completion Date

29/02/2024