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Climate change
Our latest news coverage, analysis and comment on the global climate crisis
Where were the tractors during Trump visit?
The man mostly responsible for high fuel prices was spared the protests that blocked our roads in April
It matters that Ireland is an island. That makes its past and present different from many other countries
Integrating island thinking into every area of public policy, from economy and security to education and the arts, is an exercise in connection not withdrawal
A realistic emergency preparedness booklet would say ‘prepare for a slow decline’
Climate change for most of us will be a slow, banal deterioration in our quality of life - and we’re the lucky ones
Do data centres pay their own way? The answer is not straightforward
Data centres impose massive costs on the power system, of that there is no doubt – but do they pay enough to cover their costs?
Summer’s sweaty backside remains exposed as leaves begin to fall. Will we never be set free?
We’re meant to love the heat. Culture seems implicitly aware that autumn cool is more attractive
Trump’s divisive policies are having a profound impact around the world
Women’s rights have been particularly affected while his record on climate change has been abysmal
What is the acceptable price, in people and in land, of producing food?
Kentucky farmer and author Wendell Berry spent six decades arguing that agriculture is an act of stewardship, community and care
Knowledge of heat pumps low and ‘hassle factor’ high, ESRI study shows
Researchers say retrofit targets will not be met and there may be a role for alternative fuels
August was joint-hottest month ever recorded globally, scientists report
Temperatures reached 1.65 degrees above preindustrial levels, months before El Nino system reaches full strength
‘Powerful storms are more common’: Threat of rising sea levels and coast erosion in Galway
A fifth of State’s coastline is at grave risk from hazards such as flooding, with climate change playing key role
White Planet: how a space mission profoundly changed a veteran polar explorer’s view of Earth
After decades exploring Earth’s frozen frontiers, Eric Philips became one of the first people to see both poles from space
‘What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic’
Michelle McCrystall is an assistant professor at Maynooth University’s Department of Physics
Irish farming is unprepared for impact of climate change, says advisory council
Extreme weather events being treated as ‘isolated incidents’ rather than fundamental change, says Climate Change Advisory Council
Here is something you do not often see: an optimistic column on the climate crisis
Regardless of what politicians say or do, people are starting to demand and deliver change locally
Flood map: See the Irish coastline areas at ‘very high’ risk from flooding, erosion or sea level rise
Interactive online map allows public to check exposure to risks in their own area
EU to boost investment in Greenland amid Trump annexation drive
‘Substantial’ package to include support for critical minerals, renewable energy and satellite communications
How much rain will supersized El Niño bring to Ireland this winter?
In the News podcast: Impact expected to last until February next year
State must hold firm on carbon tax, which helps protect the most vulnerable
Policy has effectively been dictated by small group of protesters with little concern for wider impacts on society
Setting the Land Free: Visions of a Rewilded Ireland – an urgent manifesto for living with nature
In his follow-up to An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, Eoghan Daltun shows how policy shifts in land managment could work in practice across Ireland
The Irish Times view on the latest climate reports: the end of wishful thinking
Despite the warnings, the Government’s response is unconvincing
Cunnigar spit in Waterford looks a little forsaken. It needs care and protection
One councillor said earier this year that erosion is happening at an ‘alarming’ rate
Disastrous consequences of climate breakdown right in front of us
You’d think encouraging public transport usage to reduce gridlock would be motivating enough
Why is this El Niño set to be so strong and what will its effects be in Ireland?
The World Meteorological Organisation has warned that the current El Niño looks to be intensifying into the strongest one ever recorded
Ireland’s Greenest Places longlist: ‘Those with an acute sense of a warming world stand out’
The summer of 2026 has provided a timely reminder of the urgent need for climate action
Inside Italy’s reluctant embrace of air conditioning: ‘How can you live without it?’
For generations, many Italians treated chilled air as a threat to their health – until now
Claire Byrne prepares to go on Celebrity Gogglebox: ‘We need fizzy jellies and quality crisps’
Radio: Newstalk host is more relaxed yet remains the consummate professional, as Drivetime hears of hope on climate change
‘It will cost billions’: Climate crisis poses ‘immediate’ threat to human life and economies, Dublin forum hears
Dublin conference hears countries and firms face mounting dangers from failure to protect natural world
‘Fear and regret’ in the midlands in wake of Ireland’s move away from peat
A just transition must support people who have lost thousands of jobs and faced an energy transition, say local advocates, who are sceptical about how funding has been spent
We need a plan to kick the fossil fuel habit hiding in our kitchen
At a time of climate crisis, will cooking with gas become as anachronistic as indoor smoking?
‘Exceptional event’: World braces for ‘supersized’ El Niño
‘No time to lose’ – World Meteorological Organisation mobilises as climate impacts expected well into 2027
New record in 2026 marks hottest Irish summer on record
Two consecutive record-breaking summers shows climate change is already happening, says Met Éireann
Humanity misses climate target, booking.com scam ads, and Belfast cafe hit by US sanctions
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan
This has been a childhood-defining summer, one that dried out the earth under your feet
Here in London, there has been the sort of prolonged, angry heat that delights and punishes in equal measure
Battle to halt global heating at 1.5 degrees is lost – UN
Focus must now switch to limiting extent of overshoot, says United Nations' climate report
How worried should we be about this year’s ‘Super-Duper El Niño’?
On a planet already overheating due to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the 2026 El Niño will throw fuel on to a raging fire
Dispatch from an Australian who’s feeling increasingly at home in Ireland
A country’s practices may be changing
Death toll from Nepal-Tibet floods reaches 781, with more than 3,000 still missing
Red Cross estimates more than 90,000 people likely affected by disaster in Himalayas linked to climate change
A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’
Wild Geese: Greystones native Sarah Catterson runs online fitness coaching enterprise Strengthinus from the Spanish city of Marbella
Ireland will be united, says former British prime minister Gordon Brown
Former Labour leader was chancellor when the Belfast Agreement was signed in 1998
Death toll from Nepal flooding hits 626, with almost 2,500 people missing
Rescue efforts hampered by fears of more flooding
The floods will overwhelm Irish land. We can’t just sit back
Water is arriving in ways our infrastructure and modified landscape can no longer cope with
The drive to plant trees on Ireland’s farmland: ‘In the future a field without trees will be worthless’
There are 400 hectares of trees planted on farms across Ireland under an agroforestry scheme, offering protection against drought, less pollution and greater biodiversity
As wildfires ravage Irish uplands, has work even begun on the promised national plan?
Wildfire risk management strategies should be prioritised
Bit parts for climate in script and song could help war on fossil fuels
Clean technologies rarely feature in popular entertainment – with a few recent exceptions
What changes in butterfly populations tell us about climate change in Ireland
Butterflies react quickly to change but can still get caught out by misaligned life cycles
Ireland’s hoverfly, crucial to food production, faces significant threats
Queen’s University Belfast study underscores the role the insects play in supporting food security
António Guterres: ‘Superpowers need to understand things have changed’
The UN secretary general, whose term ends in December, talks about the decline of US dominance, the rise of new powers and the organisation’s financial crisis
At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
Excess mortality in Germany, France and Spain alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to provisional figure
Feeling depressed or anxious? Focus on what you love and what gives you purpose
As global crises intensify, it is important is to find what you are called to do in response
Temporary excise tax cuts undermine the greening of Ireland’s transport
Fossil fuel price rises on the back of Iran war have delivered surge in EV sales, so why blunt the message?
Ireland may not have mutant Blitz attitude to climate crisis but we have our own potent version
Any kind of climate scepticism has shrivelled in the dry heat of another scorching summer
‘Is that a body in the water?’ Flying over the ‘mass grave’ that is the Mediterranean Sea
The union is accused of collaborating with encouraging ‘extremely violent’ Libyan militias in the Mediterranean in a bid to stop people fleeing war, poverty, persecution and climate change
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