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Event description Dr Sinead Walsh, Climate Envoy will speak about Ireland s role on the International climate agenda at the Security Council and beyond. About this event We are delighted to host this seminar with Dr Sinead Walsh, Climate Envoy and Deputy DG for Irish Aid and Africa, to speak about Ireland’s role on the International climate agenda at the Security Council and beyond. Dr Sinead Walsh is Ireland’s Climate Envoy since 2020. Prior to this she served as the EU Ambassador to South Sudan. She has worked for Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs since 2009. She was a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative in 2016/17. Prior to this, she served as the Ambassador of Ireland to Sierra Leone and Liberia and the Head of Irish Aid in the two countries, based in Freetown from 2011 to 2016. She has also worked in DFA HQ roles on multi-lateral organisations, international financial institutions and civil society engagement.

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