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Project title

TALX2: Place-Based Climate Action Partnerships

Primary Funding Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

Met Eireann

Lead Organisation

University College Cork (UCC)

Lead Applicant

Paul Holloway

Project Abstract

As tipping points in the climate system continue to be approached at an accelerating pace, threatening to cause profound physical and socio-economic changes, ambitious climate action, that takes a whole of society approach, is urgently needed. By adopting a place-based and multi-stakeholder-led partnership approach, TALX2 will foster stronger communication and collaboration between stakeholders across the island of Ireland, utilising and exchanging innovative data and knowledge on climate action, empowering local actors and enhancing the ability of communities to plan for an uncertain future, and realise opportunities for sustainable development. To ensure just and equitable outcomes from climate action, a transformational approach will be necessary. This will require collaboration across jurisdictions and governance scales, with climate action integrated into ‘business as usual’ and bottom-up community support driving action. Processes of co-creation and co-development of policies, programmes and plans have been shown to increase support for climate action and allow for sustainable development, while reducing inequalities propagated through climate impacts and maladaptation. By building on the outputs of the TALX research regarding place-based adaptation partnerships, TALX2 will use living labs and a transboundary programme of activities as a mechanism to unlock co-benefits and overcome the dependency on siloed working that still exists across all sectors and departments on the island of Ireland. The proposed research will use place-based partnerships to build skills and capacity, and establish long-term, all-island relationships, while leveraging synergies and opportunities for climate action that are inclusive and holistic. TALX2 will also employ reflective learning processes to ensure that learnings can be shared and used by communities to support climate action across Ireland, in line with national priorities for addressing climate change impacts, as outlined by both the National Adaptation Framework (NAF) for Ireland and the Northern Ireland (NI) Climate Change Adaptation Programme (NICCAP).

Grant Approved

�596,503.38

Research Hub

Climate Change

Research Theme

Climate Adaptation: Planning for an uncertain future

Start Date

25/03/2024

Initial Projected Completion Date

24/03/2027