Diarmuid Torney

Dr Diarmuid Torney is an Associate Professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (DCU) and Director of the DCU Institute for Climate and Society. He leads DCU’s participation in the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water and is co-lead of the Enabling Fair Transformations theme of the Frontier Projects. 

 Dr Torney’s research focuses on environmental politics, policy, and governance. His research has been published widely in leading international peer reviewed academic journals. He was a coordinating author of Ireland’s first Climate Change Assessment Report, commissioned by Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency. He co-led the development of Volume 4, focusing on realising the benefits of transition and transformation. 

Dr Torney is an independent expert member of Ireland’s Just Transition Commission and an independent expert member of Ireland’s National Economic and Social Council. He serves on a range of other executive and advisory boards, including the Executive Group of the All Island Climate and Biodiversity Research Network, the Expert Working Group on Sustainability of Chartered Accountants Ireland, the Net Zero Working Group of the Royal Irish Academy, and the Climate Change and Biodiversity Advisory Group of the Community Foundation for Ireland. He is also a Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance Project and coordinator of the Horizon Europe project RETOOL: Strengthening democratic governance for climate transitions.