Alok Sharma warns ‘window on keeping 1.5 degrees within reach is closing’

‘You have to ask yourself, ‘are we going to keep on ... talking about this all the time’

European Commission VP says phasing out of fossil fuels needs to make final statement

Alliance to push for international agreement on end date for exploration of fossil fuels

As government focuses on Cop26, victims of climate-related tragedy call for shelter and jobs

Draft deal is an ‘agreement to cross our fingers and hope for best’ – Greenpeace

Bolivian negotiator says ‘net zero narrative is a big lie’ and GHGs need to be eliminated now

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Concept of deep adaptation could prove a useful tool for coping with challenging change

This is my sixth Cop and I have never seen such organisational mayhem

Gabriel Makhlouf: Responding to climate change is a core part of our new strategy

Climate activists unite as ‘a cleansing voice, the voice of truth and it has to be out there’

Forum hears women and girls at risk because of the threat of gender-based violence

Coalition of countries pledges movement on loss of forests, soil damage and ecosystems

The couch-surfing activists have little contact with the powerful people. But they’re connected

Planet Business: Stay only as long as necessary

Patrick Freyne meets activists at a protest in Glasgow, as Greta Thunberg addresses the crowd

Even the most recalcitrant governments and corporations can be influenced – or removed – by well-informed, well-organised citizen movements

Plans announced at UN summit bring Paris accord goals into range, IEA chief says

Here’s how we can overcome our inertia

Protesters make gradual progress through Glasgow streets usually flanked by police

Dáil told that State aircraft not used regularly because of frequent need for maintenance

Several groups demonstrating about environmental issues as UN summit held in city

Johnson says success of UN event ‘a question of will’ but heart can be taken from early progress

Expert links climate change to declining snow cover on Cairngorms in Scotland

Government plan expected to include methane reductions of about 10%

Public pressure has already resulted in substantial levels of movement

Johnson warns there is a ‘long way to go’ as Biden criticises Xi for not attending

‘The negotiation is a competition about what your country needs, and everyone is selling how good they are at saving the world’

Big promises bode well as India and China enter into spirit of saving the planet

‘We are proud of the fact that we are able to produce nine times as much food as we need and we will continue doing that’

Martin tells summit decisive action now will offer humanity ‘the most valuable prize of all - a liveable planet’

Met Éireann expert says global warming like a ‘performance enhancing drug’ for weather events

The threat the planet faces is clear but the language used when discussing it is not always so

UK prime minister took flight to summit instead of 4½ hour train from London

UN official said small percentage of Musk’s wealth could aid in solution to problem

Taoiseach stresses pledge is global and not national on day one of climate summit

Country has long argued that fossil fuels are biggest cause of climate change

‘What is really making younger people angry is the talk, the talk, the talk and no action’

Ireland stands in solidarity with France on fishing dispute, says Taoiseach