#Climate Change
What to expect in the first 100 days of the new FF-FG-Green government
There are big challenges ahead. Here’s what to look out for.
Explainer: What's in the FF-FG-Green programme for government?
The details of the programme for government negotiated by the three parties.
United Nations working to verify reports of record hot temperature in the Arctic
The suspected record temperature was measured in the Russian town of Verkoyansk on Saturday during a prolonged heatwave
Maeve Higgins: This week's Supreme Court case could shape how Ireland deals with climate change for years to come
The Supreme Court is hearing an important appeal by Irish climate activists today and tomorrow.
Thunberg urges world to tackle climate change with same urgency as coronavirus
The teenager hopes coronavirus will open up the discussion about deaths caused by climate change.
Green TD who helped negotiate programme for government says she can't fully endorse it
Neasa Hourigan said reducing carbon emissions will likely be back-loaded, and the deal doesn’t do enough in terms of housing.
Temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius reported above Arctic Circle
Temperatures soared to 10 degrees Celsius above average in Siberia last month.
Retrain workers and a climate change centre: Proposals to help Midlands cope with move away from peat
The first progress report on Just Transition by Kieran Mulvey was published today.
Climate change could put more than 60,000 homes at risk of coastal flooding by 2050
Dublin, Louth and Clare are expected to be the most affected counties.
'This pandemic is nothing compared to what climate change has in store'
John Gibbons lays out the stark climate facts and urges us to take coronavirus as a warning that it’s now time to act, or perish.
'Disturbing': War of words breaks out between the Greens and FG over 7% emissions target
A new government could be a while away as emissions targets becomes a stumbling block.
It's World Penguin Day today (it's a thing) and it turns out they're actually helping scientists to map the Antarctic
They’re not just waddling around, it appears.
'Stop waste of any kind': David Attenborough warns now is 'last chance' to save planet
Attenborough was speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show this morning.
Opinion: The climate 'canary in the coal mine' is gasping for breath. We've reached the Anthropocene
Even the most entrenched climate denialists would find it hard to argue that things aren’t changing, writes Mark Kernan.
Greta Thunberg tells Bristol climate rally she 'will not be silent while world is on fire’
Thunberg was the headline speaker at the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate on College Green, Bristol.
Ireland ranks in bottom 30 in world for tackling carbon emissions, according to UN report
The UN called on countries to take immediate action to safeguard childrens’ futures.
World's richest man Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to help fight climate change
The online retailer Amazon that Bezos runs has an enormous carbon footprint.
Extinction Rebellion digs up Cambridge college lawn in environmental protest
Extinction Rebellion cited the college’s ‘ties with fossil fuel companies’ in its reasoning.
Temperature in Antarctica tops 20 degrees for the first time
Last week, an Argentine part of Antarctica recorded its hottest day since readings began at 18.3 degrees Celsius.
Danny Healy-Rae apologises for 'to hell with planet' comment after confrontation with Green Party candidate
Cleo Murphy approached Danny Healy Rae yesterday about his comments.
Antarctica records hottest ever temperature at over 18 degrees
The temperature climbed to 18.3 degrees, beating the previous record of 17.5 degrees.
Factcheck: Will an increase in carbon tax make people in Ireland poorer?
The claim is contained in Sinn Féin’s election manifesto.
'We're the ones who will suffer': Secondary school students stage climate change protest
Gardaí had said they would not sanction the protest but it went ahead anyway this afternoon.
FactCheck: Is Ireland responsible for just 0.000012% of the world's carbon emissions?
Reducing CO2 emissions is seen as key to resolving the climate crisis – but how much carbon does Ireland produce?
Gardaí 'won't sanction' climate change protest by secondary students in Dublin tomorrow
Gardaí warned the students that the potential for crowd trouble could lead open to “criminal proceedings” against those with a duty of care.
'Fear of being abandoned': Bord na Móna workers hold rally in Shannonbridge
Trade unions said that there was a “fear and anxiety” among workers that good quality replacement jobs wouldn’t be provided.
'They can't go green if they're in the red': Farmers won't become climate-friendly if subsidies are cut, warns IFA
The comments come on the same day Fine Gael launched its agriculture plans ahead of the upcoming election.
Greta Thunberg tells Davos 'pretty much nothing' has been done to fight climate change
The teenager spoke ahead of US President Donald Trump’s keynote address at the World Economic Forum.
The 2010s were the hottest decade ever recorded
Last year was also among the warmest years ever recorded, according to scientists.
'Humans have overrun the world': David Attenborough issues stark warning ahead of new documentary
A new documentary looks back on the life of David Attenborough.
Saoirse McHugh: Climate denial is dangerous at this stage, and the media has a case to answer
In light of the Australia fires, Saoirse McHugh asks: when will the media take the climate crisis seriously and place it top of the reporting agenda?
'One of Ireland's best exports': How the Young Scientist Exhibition came to Tanzania
Students in Tanzania have taken the Irish model of the event and run with it, says competition co-founder Joseph Clowry.
'We thought it was a bad idea': Greta Thunberg's dad says he was worried about her climate activism
Svante Thunberg said that he and his wife made changes in their lives to ‘save’ their daughter.
Ramp up in wind energy needed to meet electricity demand from data centres and electric cars, says Varadkar
The amount of electricity generated from renewable sources must rise from 30% to 70% by 2030.
Turkey is still on the table, but climate minister Richard Bruton is planning a more sustainable Christmas
Richard Bruton says that he has become more environmentally conscious since becoming minister.
'Blatant disrespect': David Attenborough mural vandalised with 'climate hoax' graffiti
Dublin City Council ordered the removal of the mural early this year.
Sydney's smoke: Looking out my daughter’s window the city was blanketed in orange dust, writes Dr Suzanne O'Brien
Of course, here among the bricks and the concrete of inner city terraces we know we are lucky, we are safe.
Australia's PM rules out cuts to coal industry despite deadly bushfires over area the size of Belgium
Scott Morrison’s says his country’s response to climate change must be ‘responsible’.
Two firefighters die battling bushfires as Australian PM faces barrage of criticism for Hawaiian holiday
Scott Morrison was forced to cut short his family trip.
Australia has its hottest day on record again - increasing it by a full degree
The average national temperature increased from 40.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, to 41.9 degrees yesterday.
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