Electricity grid should receive €2bn-a-year boost from State, says industry body
Republic faces €8bn fines if it misses climate targets
Republic faces €8bn fines if it misses climate targets
Climate Council warns Government to stop subsidising fossil fuel usage and scale up supports for people to avail of low-carbon technologies
Greater focus needed on biodiversity conservation and restoration in the fight against climate change
Our planet is experiencing rapid climate changes because nature is unable to keep pace with human activity
Rainy day funds should surely now take on a literal meaning given the climate’s tumultuous shifts and the reality that our greatest coastal tragedies may lie ahead of us
Policy silos, disjointed decision-making and lack of regional governance holds Dublin back from integrating housing and climate planning
Lack of coastal management plan raises concerns
Ireland is already feeling the adverse effects of climate change, says a new report, but there are still ways we can be part of the solution
Independent advisory body’s latest report says urgent moves needed to protect critical infrastructure and coastlines
Lower heating bills benefit tenants, not landlords, while rent caps mean they won’t get higher income from letting out cosier homes
Call comes regarding heating homes as independent body welcomes 6% fall in carbon emissions by building sector
In the public mind, 2030 has wrongly become the cornerstone of climate policy, rather than the imperative of complying with two legally-required carbon budgets
It is easy to discern a reflective personality and a strong engineer mindset in the man leading the ESB
Transport sector set to exceed emissions targets, including legally-binding sectoral ceilings in 2025 carbon budget.
New research highlights fundamental conflicts between Ireland’s planned industrial development and climate targets
Time to grasp opportunity in the electricity sector, says Climate Change Advisory Council chairwoman Marie Donnelly
Is Ireland’s new climate action plan the blueprint needed to transform the country within decades?
‘The sooner we become independent from fossil fuels, the better it will be for our health and the environment,’ says climate council
Climate rankings ‘disappointing’ but indications of improved national performance in 2024, says Marie Donnelly
‘My fear is the national narrative is making climate change to the 95 per cent of people who are not in agriculture somebody else’s problem,’ climatologist Peter Thorne says
Expenditure over the next seven years will be driven by electrification of heating and transport and retrofitting of homes and businesse
Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan secures amendment as way to raise climate finance for vulnerable countries and assist adoption of renewables
Cars are getting bigger and heavier, which is offsetting efficiency gains from technology improvements, says UCC academic
Wildfires in north America and southern Europe, storms of hailstones the size of tennis balls in Italy and flooding in Donegal - this summer has shown the growing risks from the climate crisis
Go to a garden centre and you will pay the same 13.5 per cent tax for a packet of environment-enhancing wildflower seeds as for a bag of peat compost, which strips bogs of their sequestered carbon
Extreme weather events will likely become more frequent and Ireland has to be ready to handle them
Varadkar says travel operators should ‘err on the side of fairness’ when compensating affected customers
Government will not meet its legally-binding targets unless ‘urgent action taken’
Cliff Taylor: Why do big infrastructure projects always take so long in Ireland?
Opposition parties, experts and campaigners say State remains well behind target
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Greenhouse gas emissions need to suffer a death by 1,000 cuts to keep legal commitments
Q&A: Carbon budgets, EPA projections and their implications explained
Regulatory obstacles may stymie State ambition on carbon budgets
Phoenix Park celebration of horticulture overshadowed by concerns around climate change, drought and costs
Climate crisis: Carbon budgets supposed to impose discipline through legally-adopted ceilings are highly unlikely to do their job
Plans to be brought to Cabinet by Minister for Environment, Eamon Ryan
Independent council raised issues in a letter to Coalition leaders and Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien, on Tuesday
‘Big implementation gap’ and lack of political will are main obstacles to rapid decarbonisation
UN secretary general calls on wealthy countries to mobilise resources to keep global temperature down
Costs of carbon reduction should not be ‘shared’ equally but must be borne mainly by the rich
Observers and climate activists stress that implementation is now urgent
Emissions will continue to rise unless immediate steps are taken
Reallocating road space to be main driver for transforming transport sector rather than congestion charges — Minister
Climate Change Advisory Council raises concerns about lack of land use targets and ‘unallocated savings’
‘Strong political and policy support needed at a national and local level for rapid delivery of renewable resources’
Science does not recognise compromises and agreement is not not enough, warns scientist
Just 45% of 162 measures for April, May and June implemented as deal talks gripped in deadlock
Cabinet sub-committee on climate change met on Monday but failed to reach agreement on extent of cuts
Differences between parties over extent of cuts required by farming has delayed announcement of figures
Tánaiste says there is a lot of ‘scaremongering’ when it comes to climate action
Ministers for Agriculture and Climate to meet in attempt to set emissions target for agricultural sector
RIA president commends scholarly achievements, international distinction, contributions to Irish society
Sectoral ceilings mean good performers and laggards soon become obvious
Climate Council chair does not favour holding off carbon tax increases later this month
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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