# Climate
Last year
2022
# COP27
COP27: UN chief calls on countries to stop 'blame game' at deadlocked climate talks
Negotiators are scrambling to find a compromise over the contentious “loss and damage” issue.
# Amazon Rainforest
'Brazil is back': President-elect Lula vows to fight deforestation at COP27
Lula has offered to host UN climate talks in the Amazon region in 2025.
# Crunch time
Eamon Ryan made lead EU negotiator on crucial issue at COP27
The minister is representing the EU in talks on loss and damage supports, which he said will be “difficult” and “protracted”.
# Climate
Climatologist: 'Walking around in t-shirts in November, that's not our normal climate'
Professor Peter Thorne told The Journal that the current spell of unusually warm weather is “absolutely” linked to climate change.
# Laggard
'We cannot opt out': Minister defends record as Ireland lags mid-table in climate action report
In a new report, Ireland and Poland were the only EU countries to receive a very low rating efforts to curb emissions.
# debunked
Debunk: No, these maps don't show large areas of Irish cities that 'could be underwater’ by 2050
While the ‘stark images’ are alarming, they depict something else.
# COP27
Joe Biden tells COP27 that the 'very life of the planet' is at stake in climate crisis
The US president told the summit that every country needs to “step up” and “renew and raise our climate ambitions”.
# CLIMATE CRISIS
€5 million allocated to adaptation funds as minister says poor COP outcome would be 'unacceptable'
Minister of State Colm Brophy said the spirit of the Paris agreement is ‘nearly dead and buried’
# urgency
Climate activists stage sit-down protest on Grafton Street en route to demand Dáil action
Campaigners are marching through Dublin to call for specific actions to thwart climate change and protect the people most impacted.
# Climate Finance
'People are dying': Coveney meets leaders of climate-vulnerable countries at COP27
Coveney is spending the day at the conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, the second Irish politician to attend this year.
# COP27
The COP27 climate summit is underway - sign up to get our daily newsletter
We’re bringing you the latest updates and analysis from COP27 in Egypt.
Voices
Opinion: Climate change is no laughing matter but comedy can help
Diane O’Connor is a stand-up comedian and climate activist – she says comedy is a powerful art form in the battle against climate despair.
# Adaptation
‘Future generations will not forgive us’: Taoiseach tells COP27 that climate can’t wait
Micheál Martin delivered Ireland’s national statement to the World Leaders Summit at COP27.
On Day Three of COP27, Micheál Martin has delivered Ireland's national statement to the World Leaders Summit.
He said that the situation is "urgent, but it is not hopeless".
Earlier, COP27 President Sameh Shoukry announced an agenda telling rich countries how to support four billion people most vulnerable to climate change.
# hot weather
At least 15,000 people killed by hot weather in Europe in 2022, WHO says
The three months from June-August were the hottest in Europe since records began.
# World Leaders Summit
UN chief warns world can either 'cooperate or perish' on climate as Taoiseach arrives at COP27
“The global climate fight will be won or lost in this crucial decade on our watch.”
# Temperature Check
Newsletter: COP27 is already an uphill battle
Read an extract from The Journal’s climate newsletter sent straight from Egypt.
# on the ground
Irish delegation travels to Egypt to push for greater climate commitments at COP27
Four Cabinet ministers are making the trip to Sharm El-Sheikh over the next two weeks.
# cop on
'How many more wake-up calls do leaders need?': COP27 officially opens in Egypt
“Our work will affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world.”
# factcheck
Debunked: Five common climate myths and why they're wrong
As COP27 climate summit begins in Egypt, here are the facts on climate change.
# Climate Change
COP27: Everything you need to know about this year's climate summit
The annual summit kicks off in Egypt tomorrow.
# Pressure
US Secretary of State asks Egypt for human rights progress before COP27 summit
It’s estimated that 60,000 political prisoners are behind bars in Egypt
# Climate Change
Temperatures in Europe have increased by more than twice global average, report finds
The World Meteorological Organisation report said Europe is the fastest warming continent.
# CLIMATE CRISIS
COP27: Greta Thunberg won't attend 'greenwashing' UN climate summit this month
Thunberg said the summits are “used as an opportunity for people in power to get attention”.
# Climate Change
Drivers drag Just Stop Oil protesters away during London road blockages
Police have made a number of arrests after anti-oil activists blocked four roads in London.
# Disaster
At least 47 dead and dozens feared missing as storm and floods lash Philippines
The unusually heavy rains flooded several towns and outlying provinces in a mountainous region with marshy plains.
# cop out
New UK PM Rishi Sunak will not attend COP27 climate summit next month
The new prime minister has been accused of a “massive failure of climate leadership” for missing the summit.
# Race Against Time
UN report finds current climate pledges 'nowhere near' enough to prevent 1.5C warming
Experts say the world is failing to act with sufficient urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions
# Climate
Just Stop Oil protesters glue themselves to tarmac at central London junction
Police confirmed 16 protesters have been arrested and that the roads have since been reopened
# Energy Crisis
CO2 emissions from combustion set to grow only slightly this year despite fears of big jump
In China, the world’s largest polluter, emissions will stay largely flat in 2022.
# sustainability
Councils asked to develop transport projects to help meet climate goals
A programme supporting local projects to help meet the transport sector’s climate goals is set to launch next week
# Food Crisis
World hunger at 'catastrophic' levels amid 'toxic cocktail' of conflict, climate change and Covid
44 countries around the world are currently suffering serious or alarming levels of hunger.
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Heatwaves will make some regions uninhabitable within decades - report
Heatwaves are predicted to exceed human limits in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and south and southwest Asia.
# net zero
Finland pushes forward with ditching fossil fuels in face of Russia's war and energy crisis
Decades of diversifying energy has meant Russia’s war on Ukraine hasn’t left Finland as vulnerable as other countries – but prices have still jumped.
THE MORNING LEAD
Inside the small Finnish city that became a big player in climate action
A Finnish city with a population nearly the size of Cork’s is years ahead of Europe’s climate targets.
100km north of Helsinki, a Finnish city with a population nearly the size of Cork's is years ahead of Europe's climate targets.
The Journal visited Lahti this week for a closer look at its climate policies in action.
# landfall
Hurricane Ian: One of the most powerful storms recorded in US slams Florida
The Category 4 storm smashed the coast with 240 kmph winds and a wall of water.
# up and down
Carbon tax to rise again next month - but impact on fuel for vehicles cost to be offset
The controversial tax will continue to increase as planned under Budget 2023.
# Climate Change
Leading scientists say 'fundamentally flawed' climate study should be withdrawn
The experts say the study grossly manipulates data, cherry picks facts and ignores others that would contradict their discredited assertions.
THE MORNING LEAD
'It's hard to imagine the future': The Ploughing, the climate crisis, and the writing on the wall
Climate and sustainability took on a new focus at the Ploughing this year, but there’s still a long way to go.
# Climate
China doubles down on coal burning in bid to battle energy crunch
The country is the world’s biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases driving global warming.
# Italy votes
Climate takes backseat in Italian elections despite country suffering extreme events
Italy suffered deadly storms, a glacier collapse and its worst drought in 70 years in 2022.
