Professor John O'Halloran, President of University College Cork, is the author of  ‘COP30: As the window for meaningful action narrows fast, the stakes couldn’t be higher. ’  published in The Irish Times today, 6 November 2025.

Join us in the magnificent spaces of Horgan’s Quay 19th century CIÉ warehouse for this first exhibition in its post-industrial space. Mapping Climate Change unites for the first time two innovative textile art projects from the US and Ireland that give visual and tangible presence to our warming world at a crucial moment of environmental precarity. By translating temperature, precipitation, humidity or windspeed data into stitch and colour, these vibrant works potently and poignantly reveal the centrality of weather to identity and the experiences of place.

In advance of COP30, taking place in Belém, Brazil, in mid-November, UCC is organising a mock COP in UCC on Monday, Nov 3rd. The role-play activity simulates the international climate negotiations. Everyone (students and staff) is welcome to attend and participate.