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Biodiversity Loss

Mar 20, 2023

Engineers Ireland U-turn on ethical obligation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss

Has Engineers Ireland misled its membership and indeed the public? It had Council’s approval “to strengthen members’ commitment to sustainable engineering practice and climate action”[1] from the baseline that already existed in the Code of Ethics(2018). This was also endorsed by the membership: “Climate action and sustainability were a strong theme in the responses to Continue reading

Ethics, Governance, Leadership, Publications

Accountability, Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change, Engineers, Engineers Ireland, Environmental Obligations, Ethics, Trust, Values
Mar 1, 2023

Environment, Ethics, and Engineers

Was February 2023 the month of surprises or not? Brigid, a long-established Patron Saint of Ireland, was finally granted a public holiday following her feast day on 1st of February, which for generations has been recognised as the first day of the Spring season. As legend has it, by the time Brigid was eighteen and Continue reading

Ethics, Publications, Sustainability

Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change, Environmental Obligations, Ethics, Human-dominated ecosystems, Natural Environment, Social Obligations, UN SDGs

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Accountability, Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change, Engineers, Engineers Ireland, Environmental Obligations, Ethics, Trust, Values

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