Presentations & Video - Supporting People & Place: Planning for a Just Transition in Northern Ireland
NERI webinar on planning for a Just Transition in Northern Ireland took place on Wednesday 27th January, 2021 at 15:00. Date: Wednesday 27th January, 2021 Time: 15:00 - 16:30 Topic: 'Supporting People & Place: Planning for a Just Transition in Northern Ireland' Speakers: Dr Aoife Ní Lochlainn, NERI...
The Sixth Carbon Budget – establishing a pathway for climate action Northern Ireland
In this week’s blog, NERI economic consultant, Dr Aoife Ní Lochlainn discusses the Sixth Carbon Budget and the contribution of Northern Ireland. This week sees the publication of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) Sixth Carbon Budget under the Climate Change Act. The carbon budget will set...
Universal Basic Services - Debating UBS &the policy alternatives
While the term is overused - there can be no doubt that 2020 was an unprecedented and devastating year for the global economy. The crisis has brought radical policy innovations and shown the power of governments willing to act. Our view is that the crisis has highlighted flaws inherent in our social...
The problem of decoupling: some stark climate maths
In this week’s blog, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly discusses the challenge posed by the necessary effort to decarbonise and what it might mean for economic growth. Economic growth is the dominant concept informing government policy around the world. Economic policy is structured around...
NERI Post Budget 2021 Commentary webinar
The NERI Post Budget 2021 Commentary took place as a Zoom webinar on Wednesday 21st October, 2020 at 15:00. The presentations were made by Michael Taft (SIPTU), Dr Tricia Keilthy (St Vincent de Paul)...
A firefighting budget
In this weeks blog, NERI Co-director, Dr Tom McDonnell gives the NERI's response to Budget 2021. Budget 2021 was a firefighting budget against the twin threats of Covid and Brexit. It was designed to preserve as much of the economy’s productive capacity as possible by enabling a menu of wage...
8th NERI Annual Labour Market Conference 2020 webinar - Just Transition
Day 1, Session 1, Chair: Dr Patrick Malone, UCD Geary Institute. Ms Sinéad Mercier, Consultant on Just Transition & climate change law & policy. Four Case Studies of Just Transition: Lessons for...
Pushing the pendulum back on climate change
In this week's blog, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly argues that Polanyi's thoughts on the relationship between markets and society could help us address climate breakdown. Saturday, August 22nd 2020, represented Earth Overshoot day according to the global footprint network. This represents the...
Where do we go from here? Principles for the 2020s economy
In this NERI Blog, Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director looks beyond the current crisis to discuss some of the principles that should guide economic policy into the 2020s, whether in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, or further afield. The world economy is suffering through its deepest...
Emissions and Carbon lock-in
In our latest blog, NERI economist, Paul Goldrick-Kelly discusses the need to reduce carbon emissions. Climate change linked to human activities represents one of humanity’s singular challenges and its effects are already being felt. Political groups and movements have grown, highlighting carbon...