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Cop27
Climate Cops hitting peak capacity may prompt scale-back of UN negotiating process
Logistical problems coinciding with concerns about not fit for purpose decision making with deck stacked heavily on side of carbon polluters
Fossil fuel lobbyists attending Cop28 in record numbers, analysis shows
‘What chance do we have if our voices are suffocated by the influence of big polluters?’
Cop28 must overhaul global financial system to address climate crisis, Eamon Ryan says
‘It’s time for fossil fuel companies to contribute to climate finance to provide clean energy for vulnerable countries,’ Minister for Climate says ahead of gathering
Cop28 beckons: A hellish future is predicted, yet the world continues to take baby steps on climate crisis
There are welcome trends, but the latest science from multiple sources is killing the positive outlook: human-made greenhouse gases are still rising despite big pledges
Ireland should support the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Thinking in a Climate Emergency: Ireland is ideally placed to start the process of getting the proposed treaty initiative on the diplomatic and UN agenda
Irish ‘loss and damage’ payments for climate disasters in developing countries ‘must reach €1.5bn a year by 2030’
High-emitting states need to agree funding for new loss and damage fund agreed at Cop27, say lobby groups
States awash with fossil fuel profits should divert funds to tackle climate crisis, says Eamon Ryan
Saudi Arabia spends €875m on soccer players in three months and ‘can afford’ to contribute more towards climate crisis
UN summit: Some progress on global ‘loss and damage’ climate fund - Eamon Ryan
Discernible change in attitude by states in meetings on fringes of UN summit says Minister for Climate
What does Ireland owe the world for its role in climate change?
From 1960 to 2014 Ireland’s emissions exacted $55bn in losses across countries largely in the global south
Climate advocates alarmed as UAE oil chief appointed Cop28 president
Sultan al-Jaber to take on role for November climate summit, prompting concern about potential ‘conflict of interest’
Irish business needs to be ‘bold and ambitious’ in tackling climate change
Unicef Ireland’s Paul Connolly urges companies to summon ‘that emergency spirit’ to help combat climate change, which is already harming millions of children
Fintan O’Toole: We are living with the possibility of no future, of civilisation coming towards its end
‘2022 was a year when the post-lockdown dawn turned out to be the morning after the night before’
2022 Timeline: An Oscars slap, Russia’s attack, wildfires in Europe – a year to remember for all the wrong reasons
The shortest lived premiership in UK history, Aisling Murphy, Climate Change and death of Queen Elizabeth
Climate crisis in 2022: The year extreme weather events hit home
While increasingly hitting the developed world, it is poorer countries suffering most
What goes on in the Arctic won’t stay in the Arctic
Continued warming — and melting — will directly affect these shores
Marine life hit by perfect storm as revised red list shows accelerating species loss
Cop15: Talks running out of time to ensure key conservation decisions are agreed, WWF warns
The stakes could not be higher at Cop15, where countries must map way to save biodiversity on Earth
It is vital that countries reach an agreement in Montreal - and then stick to their commitments
Will the world wake up from sleepwalking to extinction?
Cop15′s hopes for ‘Paris agreement for nature’ face big obstacles
Mary Robinson: There is no climate justice without gender equality
Without gender equality, there will not be climate justice or the innovations needed for a safe future
Pilita Clark: Get ready for a net zero business backlash
A welcome UN push to tighten corporate rules is sending shudders through some boardrooms
Ireland’s ‘real’ carbon footprint 70% higher than estimated – ESRI
New study calculates emissions on basis of consumption rather than production
Preparing to pay the price of the COP out
The potential consequences of the global temperature rising by two degrees are devastating if we fail to plan ahead now
Climate Action Plan: almost a quarter of measures delayed
Coalition leaders stress urgency and say plan must be accelerated
The big takeaway from Cop27? These climate conferences just aren’t working
Their hijacking by the fossil fuel sector, and failure, year on year, to do the job they were set up to do, surely means that Cop is no longer fit for purpose.
Dialing down Christmas; energy firm profits drop; and beware that midlife career change
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Wealthy countries to pay trillions of euro in key Cop27 deal
Dissenting voices unhappy with summit for retreat on emissions cuts and ending fossil fuel use
Cop27 explainer: Big winners and losers
Biggest emitters will make payments to poorest states, but activists unhappy at pace of change
The Irish Times view on the Cop27 summit: deal done but climate action is now what is needed
The agreement on a new fund to compensate developing countries hit by climate disasters is welcome, but the summit still leaves the planet in peril
Cop27: Loss-and-damage fund text criticised for ignoring the dinosaur in the room
‘There is nothing in there on fossil fuels, meaning nothing on the actual cause of climate change’
Cop27: Burning of fossil fuels relegated to side issue
Analysis: Primary success is establishment of a loss-and-damage fund; also adapting societies to effects of climate crisis
Fund to assist countries affected by climate change is ‘landmark moment’, say Irish NGOs
Cop27 summit concludes with agreement for loss-and-damage fund but fails to include phase-out of fossil fuels
The COP jamboree desperately needs a reboot
Gap between promise and reality is spurring a welcome raft of ideas to bring more scientific rigour and accountability to COP commitments
Cop27: Deal reached to set up fund for developing countries hit by climate crisis
EU, which threatened to walk away from negotiations, criticises weak outcome on key 1.5-degree ambition
Cop27: ‘Historic’ deal reached to compensate countries hit by climate disaster
Summit kicked many of the most controversial decisions on the fund into next year
Cop27: Deep divisions threaten deal to tackle climate crisis
World’s poorest countries denounced rich for delaying action and refusing financial assistance to those suffering extreme weather
Success outside negotiation rooms suggests this year’s Cop27 is no flop
Progress can be found beyond glossy schemes and projects wrapping status quo in greenwashed aura
Cop27: EU proposes radical loss-and-damage funding in effort to break deadlock
Climate summit extended into weekend as Minister for Environment Eamon Ryan leads intense EU negotiations
Cop 27: EU tables ‘loss and damage’ proposal in bid to break summit stalemate
Eamon Ryan says it is an opportunity for agreement but warns of difficult negotiations ahead
Cop27 deadlocked over loss and damage issue with developing countries digging in
EU says any new mechanism must support climate-vulnerable countries - Eamon Ryan
Eamon Ryan takes the lead for Europe at Cop27 as climate summit enters crucial few hours
Inside Politics: Russian ambassador to be summoned following imposition of sanctions on Irish politicians
Cop27: UN publishes draft climate deal amid concerns over reaching agreement
Twenty-page document repeats many of last year’s goals while leaving contentious issues unresolved
Climate defeatism: If we are already doomed, why bother?
Unthinkable: Political theorist Catriona McKinnon has a message for those feeling fatalistic about climate change
Biodiversity and climate crises need to be urgently addressed in tandem
Irish Government can lead the way on ambitious nature restoration law in Brussels
Europe accelerating away from fossil fuels despite Ukraine war, says Eamon Ryan
Friends of the Earth calls on Ireland to champion fossil fuel phase-out in Cop27 cover decision
Cop27: Loss-and-damage progress as pace of talks accelerates
Republic’s Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan to lead EU team on negotiations regarding litmus test issue
Cop27: Lack of women leaders impairing global climate response - Mary Robinson
Women tend to have lots of questions on ‘lifestyle changes we need to make to live more sustainably’
Cop27: Concerns grow over progress on climate finance and temperature goal
Some reports suggest negotiations due to conclude on Friday are in disarray
Cop27: ‘Paris agreement for nature’ sought by architects of landmark climate pact
‘The climate and nature agendas are entwined,’ experts warn ahead of biodiversity conference in Montreal
Timmermans arrives at Cop27 to underline EU climate commitments backed by new target
Return of Brazil to UN climate action fold coincides with arrival of President Lula
Global effort to rapidly ramp-up offshore wind energy gaining momentum, Cop27 told
Collaboration on developing offshore wind set to be ‘the peace project of our time’ – Eamon Ryan
Sunak urges officials with concerns about Raab to come forward
Top civil servant said justice secretary was so ‘demeaning and abrasive’ to junior colleagues that many were ‘scared’ to enter his office
World population passes eight billion as UN warns of climate-change hardship
India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation next year
Dr Muiris Houston: How climate change is hurting our health in Ireland
We are at higher risk of emerging diseases, heat-related illnesses and mental-health issues
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