Eco Eye

Duncan Stewart investigates the relentless demise of Irish towns and asks what is being done now to reverse their decline.

The scale of activity earmarked for our oceans in the next few years is unprecedented. Tonight’s episode will explore how Ireland’s ocean wealth can be harnessed while enhancing our marine ecosystems.

UN climate conferences or COPs are where science meets politics. But do they really work? 6 years ago, over 190 countries agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but now emissions are higher than ever! What went wrong?

In next week’s episode Duncan get’s past the noise and unpacks the controversy around Ireland’s agriculture and climate change ambitions. What are the challenges facing our farmers, what’s the science really saying?

Duncan Stewart explores what it would mean for Irelands agricultural system to play its fair share in climate change targets.

With 94% of Ireland's heat energy coming from imported fossil fuels and Ireland's new climate change ambitions committing to slash fossil fuel emissions in half in the next 8-years, Dr Clare Kambamettu explores if and how this can be achieved

At the centre of Ireland's incredibly ambitious climate change commitments is an extraordinary target to deep retrofit at least 500,000 homes in the next ten years. Can this be achieved?

With spiralling house prices, an insatiable demand for new homes in urban and suburban areas, and a building boom set to try to meet this demand, the question is where and how to build. Dr Lara Dungan finds out whether it is possible to redesign communities to `'densify' and ensure good family living, or whether the pattern of more sprawl, which locks in car dependence and congestion, is irreversible.

Dr Clare Kambamettu investigates the state of Ireland’s ageing and fragmenting water infrastructure. How can we safeguard future water supply with demand growing daily?