Tuesday 24 May, 2022
At least 10 people have been killed this week.
Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification all set new records last year.
No sector can yet say it is doing enough to fight the climate crisis, according to a climate ambassador.
One in every five deaths around the world in children under age 5 is caused by severe acute malnutrition, according to a new report.
“It’s like fire burning all around,” said labourer Shafi Mohammad, who is from a village where residents struggle to find drinking water.
The extended hot and dry weather has consequences for water shortages, energy supply, and air quality.
The environmental campaigner says none of the main political parties have the slightest appetite to push through measures that are unpopular with the public or resisted by lobbyists.
The World Meteorological Organization said there is a 93% chance of at least one year between 2022-2026 becoming the warmest on record.
Billionaire Elon Musk last week began the process of acquiring Twitter for $44 billion.
As restrictions lifted in 2021, energy use and related emissions moved in the opposite direction of climate goals.
The activists demand that the British Government ends new oil and gas projects in the UK.
The research was led by the Hamilton Institute and ICARUS Climate Research Centre at Maynooth University.
The amount of carbon emitted during construction will continue to increase to meet the homes target in the Housing For All plan.
“Now more than ever, meaningful climate action, from all of us, is critical,” Twitter global sustainability manager Casey Junod said.
Research has found that climate misinformation is usually produced by well-resourced organisations rather than at grassroots level.
Concerns were raised about turf not being available for sale in shops, particularly given the energy crisis and rising inflation.
Reduced VAT, extra fuel allowance, and €20 million towards solar panels for households with medical equipment are among the new measures.
A letter from the Climate Change Advisory Council said the war in Ukraine and energy crisis “further emphasises” the need to cut fossil fuel reliance.
It also calls for more investment in an all-island energy network and as more co-operation on tourism.
A motion to approve the budgets passed through the Dáil without a vote due to little opposition.
The latest IPCC report will likely emphasise the impetus on the world to cut greenhouse gas emissions to save the planet.
Police said arrests were made for a variety of offences.
Paul Handrick has some helpful advice for keeping queen bumblebees alive if you see them in trouble.
A rally closed off one side of Merrion Square in Dublin, as protesters gathered to demand urgent action to tackle climate change.
Aerial surveys showed coral bleaching at multiple reefs across a large area of the system.
Well above normal temperatures have been recorded recently in both the Arctic and Antarctica.
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said today that “addiction to fossil fuels is mutually assured destruction”.
Irish climate activist Jessica Dunne says she has learned a lot since the massive global protest three years ago today.
Europe, along with most of the rest of the world, will be impacted by temperature increases, water scarcity, sea level rise and more floods.
A new paper said three-quarters of the Amazon is showing dwindling resilience against droughts and other adverse weather events.
The move from the environmental watchdog comes in response to a complaint from an environmental NGO about illegal cutting.
Applegreen sells a ‘carbon neutral’ driving option at pumps – how does that work?
Prof Richard Dawson contributed to the sections on cities and said coastal areas will be increasingly threatened in the years ahead.
The report with the latest evidence on the impacts of climate change will be released at 11am.
The report said nations spend too much time and money fighting fires rather than preventing them.
The jet stream brought the three storms to Ireland and the UK last week.
A new study said that heat pumps play a “crucial role” in decarbonising homes, businesses and industry in Ireland.
