Dr. Tara Shine is an Irish environmental scientist, policy advisor and science communicator. She spent 20 years as an international climate change negotiator and adviser to governments and world leaders on environmental policy. She was Special Adviser to the Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice and The Elders before setting up “Change by Degrees” with co-founder Madeline Murray who partner with businesses and organisations to empower and educate people to deliver sustainable solutions

Carbon Lifeforms: Ep 1: Food

29th July 2022

News, Public Speaking, TV Presenter

RTE Radio 1 The Business: Tara Shine chats about her life and career

23rd July 2022

Dr Tara Shine was on RTE Radio 1’s The Business, this morning, Saturday, July 23rd at 10-11am.

Presenter Petula Martyn spoke to Tara about her life, career, Change by Degrees, climate change and the future.

Listen here.

News, Public Speaking

Tara Shine on Newstalk ‘Down To Earth’ with Dr Cara Augustenborg

25th February 2022

What should you do about your climate anxiety?

Public Speaking

Dr Tara Shine: ‘I believe humanity is good underneath it all’

8th January 2022

This Much I Know: Dr Tara Shine, Environmental Scientist

News, Public Speaking

Morning Ireland: The climate issues likely to dominate the discussion in 2022

3rd January 2022

“Dr Tara Shine, director of climate action group Change By Degrees and former special advisor to the Mary Robinson Foundation, looks back on what 2021 meant for climate action, and predicts what issues are likely to dominate the discussion in 2022.”

Listen to Tara Shine on Morning Ireland here.

Public Speaking, Tips

Barbara Ward Lecture 2021: Rebeca Grynspan

6th December 2021

Rebeca Grynspan, the secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), delivered the 2021 Barbara Ward Lecture on Monday, 6 December.

Lifestyle, Public Speaking

FameLab International 2021 Online Final

21st November 2021

FameLab is a global science communication competition designed to inspire, motivate and develop young scientists and engineers to actively engage with the public and stakeholders.

The pressure is on as the ten finalists must now prepare a fresh new talk to wow the judges: Ireland’s own sustainability specialist Tara Shine, maths broadcaster Rogério Ferreira Martins and journalist Julia Wheeler.

Public Speaking, Tips

One Home, One Planet

10th November 2021

One Home, One Planet is a two-day action-orientated event that brings together purpose-driven, ideas-led doers, thinkers and influencers from across different sectors. Dr Tara Shine was invited to join as a key-note speaker today, Wednesday 10th November, to discuss how to make circular solutons scalable.

Policy Adviser, Public Speaking

Can COP26 deliver on climate change?

5th November 2021

At the COP26 climate conference , we talk to a panel of experts about different proposals to slow global warming, & answer listener questions on what the meeting might deliver

Public Speaking

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