Climate change

Met Éireann’s idea of normality looks likely to evolve

Sudden surge of heat ‘downright alarming’ and marks rapidly shifting norms

At a Time of Climate Crisis: Ireland has clean energy targets but no strategy for ending oil and gas

Ireland to fall way short of 50% carbon emissions reduction by 2030, with fines estimated between €8bn-€26bn

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

An €8,500 incentive may get motorists thinking about EVs, but it distracts from a lower grant price cap

In the News podcast: World’s weather forecasters almost certain El Niño will return

Advocates say new, smaller reactors could deliver ‘abundant, cheap and clean power – the Holy Trinity’

Chemical cleaners killing shellfish around piers, harbours and sea walls, says Coastwatch

Europe as a whole is now warming twice as fast as the global average

Queen’s University Belfast climate scientist says high temperatures to be big issue despite mitigation measures

Pledges and signing up to reducing emissions are of little use without following through with actions

Climate impacts, treatment of displaced people, growing inequality and other key issues are all interconnected

‘Halfway to halfway’: Conference hears of State’s slow progress on cutting emissions and ‘stark impacts’ of warming climate

Ireland to fall well short of targeted cuts on greenhouse gas emissions as Minister says they will be reached in ‘early 2030s’

Drop from agriculture sector might be as low as 4 per cent, environmental agency says

Letters warn of overheating homes, climate risk and sport disrupted by rising temperatures

Minister wants progress on renewable energy, says public are ahead of Government on issue

Record temperatures caused by heat dome, with hot air from Morocco trapped under an area of high pressure

Extreme heat settles upon western Europe, with values in Spain set to reach 40 degrees

On Drury Street and beyond, city dwellers enjoy the warm temperatures outdoors

Highest temperatures will be confined to France Spain and Portugal later this week

Central Bank study highlights financial exposure of households to flooding events

In a Word ... Climate

Temperatures of 25 degrees or more must be observed at a single weather station for five or more straight days to meet Met Éireann criteria

Ella McSweeney: In Ireland, we have about 150 species of mayflies

Irish taxpayers and consumers seem to be subsidising big companies

Public Accounts Committee also told dedicated fund has spent only half of €523.8m available for energy projects

Authorities in Galicia declare two days of mourning after toddler died during exceptionally high May temperatures

Scientists raise alarm over proposal to ease Ireland’s climate obligations

Despite the tech industry’s efforts to squash concern about the devastating climate impacts of AI, resistance is growing

EU framework restricted types of carbon credits that could be applied, Department of Climate tells PAC

A recipe for planetary disaster

Do we really want capitalism at its finest?

Critical Infrastructure Bill will be a disaster for Ireland’s climate commitments

Action is not only about political ambition and science, but also a shared international duty

Fifa is set to preside over the most polluting tournament in history

Clean-energy agency says clear timeline for phase-out of gas and oil boilers is needed

Irish Academy of Engineering’s recommendations ‘not wise’, according to member and Trinity College provost

Left-wing parties lack unity on environmental policy as the interests of humans are put ahead of the interests of nature