The Moy Catchment Area Geodesign Project
Date: Friday 06 October
Time: 19:00, Duration 1h.
Location: The Coach House at the Mary Robinson Centre, Ballina
Summary
In the context of the Global Climate Geodesign Challenge, more than 50 local groups worldwide will collaboratively employ shared methods and tools to create climate-oriented actions. An Irish team, including University College Dublin, Mayo County Council, and stakeholders, will envision a sustainable future for the Moy Catchment area using geospatial tools.
This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required, but places are limited and will operate on a first come first serve basis.
Event Organiser University College Dublin
About
How can we collaboratively create climate-oriented design actions, organize them into various alternative design scenarios, assess their impacts on carbon emissions and sequestration, and negotiate the final design among the public and decision-makers?
More than 50 local groups from around the world have actively joined the Global Climate Geodesign Challenge, embarking on the creation of local designs guided by a shared framework that combines sketching methods, numerical analysis, and consensus-based decision-making. Initiated by the International Geodesign collaboration, this project brings together local authorities, researchers, and communities. They will collaboratively work to design climate action interventions with the aim of significantly reducing emissions and enhancing carbon sinks by 2050, thereby reversing atmospheric carbon accumulation.
University College Dublin is currently in the process of creating a local interest group as part of this initiative. The team includes Mayo County Council, master's students in Architecture, and a range of stakeholders. Together, they will proactively tackle climate change, pooling their expertise to construct a strategic vision for the Moy Catchment Area. Geodesign methods, geospatial modelling and map-based tools will be used to support group work and collaborative tasks.
The Mary Robinson Centre is a Centre for Change - a focal point for schools, the Irish public and for tourists to see and understand Mary’s legacy, located in Ballina, Co. Mayo in the childhood home of the former President. It will address the key themes and issues of Mary Robinson’s legacy as an influential world leader from the West of Ireland, including climate change, human rights, equality and women in leadership.