Róisín Moriarty

Dr Róisín Moriarty works on climate science and policy and is based in the Sustainability Institute at University College Cork (UCC). While her research has focused on climate change and the carbon cycle, it is the synthesis and communication of scientific data for policy and other decision makers that has shaped her career.

Her current reserach is focused on modelling Irish forests to gain a better understanding of the vunlerability of the carbon stored in those forests. There is no risk assessment of the vulnerability of carbon stored in Irish forests but it is considered as an essential part of Ireland's carbon budgets.

Her research is focused on informing national carbon budgets, reducing GHG emissions and carbon dioxide removal.

She is interested in transformative mitigation and adaptation that move us from imagining a climate-neutral, resilient and equitable futures to realising that transformation and its multiple benefits.

She has co-authored numerous academic papers and reports, including a paper in Nature and a book chapter on carbon budgets. 

She spent three years working as a scientific advisor on climate change mitigation for the Climate Change Advisory Council, Ireland.

She worked as expert reviewer on greenhouse gas inventories technical reports for the UNFCCC (2018 to 2023).

Miss Neha Jaggeshar (co-supervisor with Prof Hannah Daly)