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Irish climate expert Dr Tara Shine has been appointed to a high-level position at the UN with a mandate to improve coordination between climate scientists and policy makers to meet the key goals of the Paris Agreement on containing the rise in global temperature.
Dr. Shine has been appointed co-facilitator of the Structured Expert Dialogue under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
This will feed into the second periodic review of the long-term goal of keeping global temperature rise well below 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, and preferably 1.5 degrees.
You will evaluate progress toward the goal and identify challenges and opportunities to achieve it.
She has worked as an international climate change negotiator and advisor to governments and world leaders on environmental policy.
She was a special advisor to the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice Group and The Elders, before creating Change by Degrees, a sustainability consultancy based in Kinsale, Co Cork.
Climate Action Minister Eamon Ryan said her appointment was “a recognition of her vast experience and commitment as an environmental scientist, international negotiator on climate change and advisor to governments and world leaders on environmental and climate policy and climate justice issues.” .
It also reflected Ireland’s commitment to a science-based approach to climate decision-making and the need to continually engage with other countries in the shared global climate challenge, he said.
“It is essential that we listen to the scientific evidence and what it tells us about the future of our planet.”
Dr. Shine, who chairs the International Institute for Environment and Development, said she looked forward to co-facilitating the dialogue between scientists and policy makers.
“Our joint work will assess the progress made towards achieving the 1.5 degree goal and the opportunities we have today to provide a safe climate system for future generations.”
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