Annual Environment Health and Wellbeing Conference - EPA, HSE and ESRI - 21 November 2019, Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin

1. Imagining2050 acknowledges
receipt of funding from the
Environmental Protection
Agency (2018-2021)
Imagining2050
Engaging, Envisioning and Co-producing Pathways for a Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Ireland
Ireland 2050 –
Envisioning the Ireland
of the Future
Alexandra Revez; Gerard Mullally;
Niall Dunphy; Brian Ó Gallachóir; Clodagh Harris;
Fionn Rogan; Edmond Byrne; John Barry; Geraint
Ellis; Paul Bolger; Barry Dwyer; James Glynn;
Stephen Flood; Amy Dozier; Connor McGookin;
Evan Boyle; Robert Wade
EPA-HSE-ESRI ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & WELLBEING ANNUAL CONFERENCE, November 21st, 2019

2. looking to
• consolidate existing research
capacity in Ireland in terms of
societal transitions, climate
mitigation and climate
adaptation
• engage with civic society, to
explore and co-develop future
visions of, and pathways to, a
low carbon and climate resilient
future
• use creative communication and
engagement methods

3. Our team and extended networks

4. Workshops
& seminars
Workshops
& seminars
Workshops
& seminars
Workshops
& seminars

5. Workshops and Seminars

6. Overview of engagements in Athlone
•Citizens’ Juries type
process
•Interactive formats
towards visualization
and co-creation of
pathways
•Deliberative
communication
approach
•June & October
2019

7. Athlone: preliminary findings
• Making sense of climate change: anchors and commonplace
perceptions
• Empathy mapping and imagining the citizen of the future
• Mapping and re-mapping local visions of change
• Brainstorming pathway developments and exploring cascade effects
• Audience pools: teasing out choice parameters for new practices and
technologies
• Ballot: : deciding on a path for change
• Participatory evaluation of the process, formats and communication
style

8. Making sense of climate change: anchors
and commonplace perceptions

9. Figure 1. Conditions and challenges
identified for the future farmer
Figure 3. Conditions and challenges
identified for the future older person
Figure 2. Conditions and challenges
identified for the future younger person
Empathy mapping and imagining the
citizen of the future

10. Mapping and re-mapping local visions of change
Mapping mobility for Athlone

11. Brainstorming pathways
Brainstorming housing, energy and health

12. Brainstorming pathways
Brainstorming issues of connection

13. Ballot: deciding on a path for change
Q In the context of the move to
de-carbonise our energy
system and build resilience,
please rank the following in the
order of importance
Q Please consider the following
suggestions and rank in order
of your preference a climate
initiative you believe would be
most impactful for Athlone in
the next 10 year period

14. 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
completely
agree
agree neither
agree nor
disagree
disagree completely
disagree
I changed my view as a result of
the table discussions
0
2
4
6
8
10
completely
agree
agree neither
agree nor
disagree
disagree completely
disagree
From attending this event I am
encouraged/motivated to
continue to participate in climate
action issues
Participatory evaluation of the process,
formats and communication style

15. Concluding comments
The role transdisciplinary and
participatory engagement
contributing towards:
• A holistic view of change
• Promoting awareness and
engagement
• Interfacing different types
of knowledge
• Linking Social and
Environmental Justice
• Self-determination?
• Innovation?
• Sustainable Community?

16. Contact Details
+ 353 21 490 3503
alexandra.revez@ucc.ie
g.mullally@ucc.ie
Imagining2050.ucc.ie
@imagining2050
@imagining2050