Climate Action Week 2024
Between 14-20 October, as part of Climate Action Week 2024, TU Dublin will lead on a host of high impact climate action events developed to engage and educate our people in decarbonisation, climate education, and climate action activity.
TU Dublin has many ongoing strategic projects and initiatives which work to transform our campus environment to be climate resilient and to reduce total energy related emissions and fossil fuel related emissions from our operations. During Climate Action Week, students, staff, and the TU Dublin Community will be invited to learn about TU Dublin’s pathway and intent to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 51% in 2030 and to increase the improvement in energy efficiency from the 33% target in 2020 to 50% by 2030.
Our ambitious task to decarbonise our campus environment and operations is a challenging one, and we need support, innovation, and urgent action from all our people to achieve our goals.
With dozens of events and learning opportunities taking place on campus during Climate Action Week, students, staff, and the wider community have an opportunity to help make progress locally and nationally on the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a particular focus on SDG 13 Climate Action.
Take a look at the table of climate-focused activities below and get involved during Climate Action Week (and until the end of October). Our events schedule will continue to be developed throughout - so check back for newly added events.
| Date | Event | Description | Location | Time | Audience | SDGs |
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| Month of October | Walktober Litter Pick Lunch Hour | Kit available from Foyer of Rathdown House, Grangegorman | Self directed | Students and staff | SDG 11, SDG 13, SDG 15 | |
| Month of October | Walktober Litter Pick Lunch Hour | Kit available from Foyer of Main Building, Tallaght | Self directed | Students and staff | SDG 11, SDG 13, SDG 15 | |
| Month of October | Walktober Litter Pick Lunch Hour | Kit available from Foyer of Connect Building Block C, Blanchardstown | Self directed | Students and staff | SDG 11, SDG 13, SDG 15 | |
| Wednesday 16 October | Decarbonising TU Dublin. Register here. | Hear about the latest TU Dublin Climate Action Roadmap and take part in an ‘Ideas Factory’. The event will facilitate you to generate novel project ideas which could receive micro-grants through a new 2024/25 Green-Campus open call. Refreshments provided. | Linen Hall, Gallery LI-033 | 2-5pm | Students and staff | SDG 13, SDG 17 |
| Thursday 17 October | Climate Change in Five Images and One Object. Ways of talking about climate change. Sign up here. | Climate change in five images and one object is a reflection on how to talk about climate change. Taking five or maybe six images and a block of wood Dr Ken Boyle sets the scene for a lunchtime conversation on climate change. Bring your lunch along. | EQ-112, East Quad, Grangegorman | 1:10-1:50pm | Students and staff | SDG 13 |
| Thursday 17 October | Climate Fresk |
Students will students take part in a Climate Fresk workshop facilitated by the Sustainability Education Team
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Aungier Street | PG Cert in Sustainability Leadership in Business Students the Sustainability Education team | SDG 4, SDG 13 | |
| Thursday 17 October | Climate Fresk | Students will students take part in a Climate Fresk workshop facilitated by the Sustainability Education Team | Tallaght | 3rd year students: Advertising and Marketing Communications, Business in Marketing, Bioanalysis, | SDG 4, SDG 13 | |
| Friday 18 October | N-TUTORR/Student Volunteering Beach Clean Up. Register here. | Join us for an annual Beach Clean in partnership with N-Tutorr for Climate Action Week and our fantastic volunteering friends the Bull Island Action Group. Lunch included. | Dollymount Strand (Coach provided) | 12-3pm | Students | SDG 11, SDG 13, SDG 14, SDG 15 |
| Friday 18 October | People-People-Planet Workshop | Students will students take part in a Doughnut Economics ‘People, People, Planet’ workshop facilitated by the Sustainability Education Team | Blanchardstown | 2nd and 3rd year Early Childhood Education student | SDG 4, SDG 13 | |
| Friday 18 October | ‘Step into the Doughnut’ Workshop | Students will students take part in a ‘Step into the Doughnut’ Workshop workshop facilitated by the Sustainability Education Team | Aungier Street | Business Students | SDG 4, SDG 11, SDG 13 | |
| Application open until 20 October | Become a Climate Ambassador 2024/2025 | If you want to be part of the climate conversation but need a platform and network to support your campaign then this programme could be for you. | Apply online | - | Students and staff | SDG 13 |
| Tuesday 22 October | N-TUTORR- Finding Sustainability Success in Business & Entrepreneurship | This webinar is about sustainability in business and entrepreneurship. John Pakenham, co-founder of VisionGreen Consultancy will talk to you about his journey to launching a sustainability focussed business, insights into sustainable entrepreneurship and about the landscape for sustainability jobs. | Online webinar | 1-1:45pm | Students and staff | SDG 12 |
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24 October postponed to 7 Nov |
Low Tech Design for Sustainability |
This workshop is aimed at design and engineering students who want to learn about how they can make their projects more sustainable using low tech design. |
EQ113 - Grangegorman, East Quad | 5pm-7pm | Design & Engineering Students | SDG 13 |
| Friday 25 October | Decarbonising TU Dublin. Register here. | Hear about the latest TU Dublin Climate Action Roadmap and take part in an ‘Ideas Factory’. The event will facilitate you to generate novel project ideas which could receive micro-grants through a new 2024/25 Green-Campus open call. Refreshments provided. |
LINC, Blanchardstown campus |
12:30-3:30pm | SDG 13, SDG 17 | |
| Thursday 31 October | Student Climate Summit | TU Dublin is to host a national student summit on climate change in Higher Education in Ireland. the day-long summit is welcoming student representatives from all Irish Higher Education Institutions to attend. |
Central Quad, Grangegorman |
9:30-16pm | Students from higher education institutions | SDG 13, SDG 16, SDG 17 |
| Thursday 31 October | Change Clothes pop up shop | Bag a bargain at the Change Clothes 2nd hand pop up shop. | Central Quad foyer, Grangegorman | 12:00pm-15:00pm | Students, staff, and community | SDG 12 |
Shared Impact
By coming together to take action for our planet and society, Climate Action Week activities and initiatives supports TU Dublin's Strategic Intent to 2030 under the pillars of
- People (fostering individual talents in an ever-changing world),
- Planet (a powerhouse for living & breathing sustainability),
- and Partnership (delivering shared impact).
Climate Action Week at TU Dublin is about raising awareness and building capacity among our people to take action for our environment, understand what is needed to advance effective policy, and to work towards achieving carbon neutrality on campus and locally. This initiative supports many of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 13: Climate Action, and SDG 15: Life on Land.