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Galway City and Climate Change: What's to be made of its future?

GetThatDownYa · 2010-12-20 14:51:30

What's to be said for the future of Galway City. NUIG's Dr Kieran Hickey says that as the century progresses "unchecked the sea will come up Shop Street". Here's the quote in greater detail: " But as we go towards 2100 our biggest threat is the rise and rise of the sea levels. In the last century sea levels have risen 13…

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#32 01-02-2011 9:13pm
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This should make for an interesting discussion. Galway Bay FM have documentary on how climate change will effect Galway City featuring NUIG Climate Change lecturer Kieran Hickey tomorrow at 11. Anyone listening let me know what you think of it

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#33 01-02-2011 10:27pm
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I might give it a listen. Boards have specialised forum for these issues in the Environmental Science or Sustainability & Environmental Issues.

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#34 02-02-2011 12:52pm
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I understand that but this documentary which I'm listening to right now clearly concerns Galway City, Kieran Talks about the future impacts to this city and the documentary host is going around the city asking the locals, - fishermen, MacDonagh's Restaurant owners, the museum curator, councillors etc. If this programme isn't related to the Galway City forum well then I don't know what is. Climate change is clearly local as it is global, this documentary looks at it locally.

At the moment the Planner is talking about how his expert sources tell him that sea-level rise will be lower than what Hickey is saying. However I know that the IPCC 2007 report that his experts are most likely to be referring to has been re-accessed by many climate scientists since as being conservative in it's estimates.
Anyway the Claddagh is obviously in trouble

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#35 02-02-2011 12:56pm
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Also it's the views of Galway people that I want to hear not Greenies preaching to the choir - a pointless and un-engaging discussion.

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