Tom Grey

@tomgrey.bsky.social

Research Fellow, TrinityHaus Research Center, Trinity College (TU Dublin Architecture & Masters in Sustainable Design, Auckland University) Universal Design, inclusive, healthy & sustainable urbanism & architecture. https://www.tcd.ie/trinityhaus/

Multinational corporations dodge $500bn tax by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Stifle social development. Need a simple change - must pay tax where they actually create profit, instead of where they pretend to on paper. UK can collect extra $16.9bn a yr. Must check corporate abuse.

Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - Tax Justice Network

UN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax...

taxjustice.net

Ireland has ambitious targets under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation to re-establish native woodlands 🌱 From Killarney to Glendalough, Glengarriff to the Avoca Valley we have mapped key native woodlands with potential for ambitious restoration using public lands 🌳 Red more: l1nq.com/21qjl5y

„Scientists say climate breakdown is triggering more frequent and more extreme weather events, evaporating soils and waterways, fuelling wildfires and leading to thousands of excess deaths. Europe is heating at about twice the global average rate.“ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

More than 200,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain

‘Highly unpredictable’ blaze forces evacuation of Cap Ferret on French coast and Spain declares national emergency

theguardian.com

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m wide, 7 lane road for cars.

"Gentle advocacy believes lasting change is more likely to emerge from inspiration than indignation. People are more willing to embrace a new future when they clearly see themselves in it. And showing what's possible is more effective than endlessly cataloguing what's wrong." READ: bit.ly/4wkWIuf

Two middle aged adults--one man and one woman--in casual business attire cycle side-by-side along a car-free street in Delft lined with a canal, trees, benches, and buidlings.

The cavalier passing up of teachable moments on the climate crisis, even among those politicians and governments who care deeply about the issue, never stops being shocking. And they will then privately complain that they can't get the public engaged enough to enable bolder action.

Gregory Norminton@gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 2w ago

Obviously the Tories and Reform are *monstrously* irresponsible on the climate emergency. But where are the statements from Labour on the drought and wildfires? Has Andy Burnham once mentioned the crisis we're going through or used it to defend Net Zero? The political silence feels like gaslighting.