Staff
Working Groups
Joseph Curtin
Associate Researcher
joseph.curtin@iiea.com
Areas:
Sustainable Agriculture
European and International Climate Politics
Building Energy use efficiency
Economists
Energy Efficiency Project
Bio:
Joseph Curtin studied economics and political science at Trinity College Dublin and completed an MSc in European political-economy at the London School of Economics in 2005. He has since been working at the IIEA, specialising in EU climate change policy. Joe currently divides his time between working on building energy efficiency with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, contract work for the OECD, and the IIEA. He has written on EU and climate change related topics for Open Democracy, the Irish Times, Business & Finance magazine, ourclimate.eu, and myparl.eu and regularly contributes expert comment for national and international press. He is also guest lecturer on EU climate change and energy policy on MSc courses at National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and the Dublin Institute of Technology.
Books/Reports:
Thinking Deeper: Financing Options for Home Retrofit
From Farm to Fork: A Sustainability Enhancement Programme for the Irish Agri-Food Industry
The Climate Change Challenge: Strategic Issues, Options and Implications for Ireland
The Copenhagen Conference: How Should the EU Respond?
There were four Occasional Papers accompany this book:
Paper 1 - Paper 2 - Paper 3 - Paper 4
“Key Policies I – Energy and Environment”, in Lisbon: What the Reform Treaty Means
“Ireland's National Climate Change Strategy” - Opinion and Analysis - The Irish Times - November 2010
“Positioning Ireland for the Coming Water Crisis” - Business & Finance - June 2009
“Is Green the New Black?” - Extended op-ed in Business & Finance - Feb 2009
“Treaty to Make a Difference on Climate Change” - Irish Times - May 2008
“Spotlight: Climate Change – Implications for Ireland” - Oireachtas Library and Research Service - 23 June 2008
IIEA to help Irish Food Producers - 27 May 2009
Speeches/Presentations:
The Carbon Challenge Facing Ireland: Launch of Carbon Disclosure Project in Ireland - April 2009
Presentation of Results of Stakeholders Survey: Agriculture and Climate Change, IIEA Dublin Castle Conference - Jan 2009
Policy Options for Ireland: Climate-Energy Policy Conference (organised by ESB, Leuven) - January 2009
EU climate change policy and implications for Ireland, Environment in Ireland 2008 (organised by EPA) - Sept 2008
European Climate Change Proposals and Irish Responses, to Senior Interdepartmental Officials Group - April 2008
The Climate Change Package: Implications for Ireland, to Joint Irish Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Climate Change - March 2008
Conference Chairperson: Housing in a Changing Climate, Energy Action Conference - June 2008
Blogs:
Greens Flavor of the Day in Domestic Climate Policy - 15 December 2009
Leaks no Impact on Copenhagen Blueprint - 9 December 2009
Planning for the 21st Century: More Than “Permission to Build” - 7 December 2009
Copenhagen: As MAD as it seems? - 3 December 2009
Copenhagen, the Commission, the IIEA and Sustainable Agriculture - 10 November 2009
New Commission Plan on Energy Efficiency Dovetail with Irish Intentions - 27 October 2009
Lisbon: a battle for hearts not minds? - 5 October 2009
Commission’s Copenhagen Blueprint can Break the Deadlock - 22 September 2009
An Board Snip, Energy Savings and Market Failure - 27 July 2009
"Can one crisis lead the way to recovery from another?"- 13 July 2009
Falling asleep at the wheel - will rising oil stamp out the green shoots of recovery? - 29 June 2009
Positioning Ireland for the Coming Water Crisis - 02 June 2009
Declining voter turnout: who exactly is loosing sleep? - 29 May 2009
Bolters and Bombers - 18 May 2009
Positioning Ireland For The Coming Water Crisis - 02 June 2009
Commission's Copenhagen Blueprint can Break the Deadlock- 22 September 2009
Climate Thinkers Blog- Copenhagen 2009 - 9 July 2009