Direct Air Capture technology has passed the point where it can casually be dismissed as impractical or prohibitively expensive. But it is worth being open about what DAC is not. It is not a licence to continue emitting. It is not a reason to slow the transition to clean energy. And it will not, on its own, reverse the trajectory of atmospheric CO₂. In truth, no single technology will. What DAC can do is function as a critical component of an integrated approach that combines aggressive emissions reduction with active carbon removal, and that treats captured CO₂ as a resource rather than a problem.

The Ireland Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) has announced a new partnership with Techies Go Green, a non-profit organisation focused on helping businesses become verifiably sustainable and reduce their carbon footprint. The partnership was formally announced on Earth Day, 22 April, during the Urban Sustainability Forum at the GEC in Dublin.

If your sustainability training is something employees endure rather than something they really get stuck into, you aren’t just wasting their time, you’re missing a huge chance to future-proof your business. We can no longer afford to treat sustainability as an optional extra. The most radical thing you can do right now is move beyond tickbox culture and give your people the agency to play, build, and lead.

The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a fresh surge in global energy prices. Businesses and households grapple with rising costs and supply uncertainty. This latest crisis is doing more than squeezing margins, it is highlighting a deeper structural problem. The global fossil fuel based energy model that has underpinned economic growth for decades is increasingly unfit for purpose. With each cycle of energy supply shock and recovery, the urgency grows for nations to transition from passive petrostate customers to proactive, self sufficient, and climate friendly electrostates.