Tom McDermott

NUI Galway

Dr Tom McDermott is the Galway University Foundation Lecturer in the Economics of Climate Change and Development, and Director of the MSc Global Environmental Economics at NUI Galway. He is an Irish Research Council awardee

"The general public's concerns about flooding have increased for many over the last 10 years, and a large majority of people expect the problem to get worse in the coming decades" Photo: RTÉ

Would you buy a house with a 10% chance of flooding every year?

New research has found that house buyers would expect a discount of around 31% for properties at risk of flooding

Housing • 11 Jan

Is this a post-flooding future for Dublin?

How can we deal with rising sea levels and increased flood risk?

Delivering timely local adaptation to climate risk will help to minimise the costs of future flooding in Ireland and elsewhere

Climate Change • 14 Jan 20

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