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Climate Change Advisory Council
Strong political leadership required immediately to bring carbon budgets into line, Climate Council warns
Government must take crucial step to ‘phase out harmful fossil fuels as early as 2039′
Climate summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’ in addressing crisis, say former political leaders and scientists
Large scale of Cops summits now ‘beyond crazy’ says key participant, who could only justify flying to event because of being directly involved in scientific work
World needs to decarbonise at an even faster rates, PwC study says
Breaching of 1.5 degrees global warming temperature rise target becoming a reality
Ireland not acting aggressively enough to hit climate targets – UCC study
Report warns not cutting emissions risks greater long-term costs, stranded assets, and dependence on unproven carbon removal technologies after 2030
Electricity grid should receive €2bn-a-year boost from State, says industry body
Republic faces €8bn fines if it misses climate targets
Ireland risks ‘compliance costs’ of €8bn for exceeding carbon budget
Climate Council warns Government to stop subsidising fossil fuel usage and scale up supports for people to avail of low-carbon technologies
Co-ordinated action on biodiversity loss can help reduce risk of ‘ecosystem collapse’, climate council says
Greater focus needed on biodiversity conservation and restoration in the fight against climate change
Nature-based solutions to climate change are all around us
Our planet is experiencing rapid climate changes because nature is unable to keep pace with human activity
Our Wild Atlantic Way may be about to get much wilder
Rainy day funds should surely now take on a literal meaning given the climate’s tumultuous shifts and the reality that our greatest coastal tragedies may lie ahead of us
Building blocks to a climate-just city
Policy silos, disjointed decision-making and lack of regional governance holds Dublin back from integrating housing and climate planning
Saving the planet and cutting costs in 13 simple steps
Ireland is already feeling the adverse effects of climate change, says a new report, but there are still ways we can be part of the solution
Ireland facing ‘ever increasing threats to lives and livelihoods’ due to lack of climate change resilience
Independent advisory body’s latest report says urgent moves needed to protect critical infrastructure and coastlines
Private landlords need incentives to retrofit their properties, otherwise it’s not financially worthwhile
Lower heating bills benefit tenants, not landlords, while rent caps mean they won’t get higher income from letting out cosier homes
Improved support needed for householders to ease switch from fossil fuels, says climate council
Call comes regarding heating homes as independent body welcomes 6% fall in carbon emissions by building sector
Failure to curtail our greenhouse gas emissions could cost us two children’s hospitals
In the public mind, 2030 has wrongly become the cornerstone of climate policy, rather than the imperative of complying with two legally-required carbon budgets
Decarbonisation of electricity by 2040 is on course, says ESB boss Paddy Hayes
It is easy to discern a reflective personality and a strong engineer mindset in the man leading the ESB
Urgent reform of motor tax needed to ensure emissions targets are met, says advisory body
Transport sector set to exceed emissions targets, including legally-binding sectoral ceilings in 2025 carbon budget.
Regina Doherty comparing bike lanes to Berlin Wall a symptom of deeper divisions on climate
New research highlights fundamental conflicts between Ireland’s planned industrial development and climate targets
Planning changes must be finalised to ‘accelerate renewables as delays and appeals hinder progress,’ climate change body warns
Time to grasp opportunity in the electricity sector, says Climate Change Advisory Council chairwoman Marie Donnelly
Climate change: ‘How can we feed the world while not damaging it?’
Is Ireland’s new climate action plan the blueprint needed to transform the country within decades?
State ‘unlikely’ to meet its first carbon budget and faces potential multibillion-euro compliance costs
‘The sooner we become independent from fossil fuels, the better it will be for our health and the environment,’ says climate council
Ireland should lead world on phasing out fossil fuels, says climate council chair
Climate rankings ‘disappointing’ but indications of improved national performance in 2024, says Marie Donnelly
Agriculture is cutting its emissions but more momentum needed, conference told
‘My fear is the national narrative is making climate change to the 95 per cent of people who are not in agriculture somebody else’s problem,’ climatologist Peter Thorne says
Irish climate action spending to top €150bn by end of decade, Davy says
Expenditure over the next seven years will be driven by electrification of heating and transport and retrofitting of homes and businesse
EU climate ministers back ‘polluter pays’ principle in agreed declaration for Cop28 negotiations
Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan secures amendment as way to raise climate finance for vulnerable countries and assist adoption of renewables
Argument for taxing cars based on weight ‘compelling’, committee to be told
Cars are getting bigger and heavier, which is offsetting efficiency gains from technology improvements, says UCC academic
How a week of climate hell has offered a glimpse of our future
Wildfires in north America and southern Europe, storms of hailstones the size of tennis balls in Italy and flooding in Donegal - this summer has shown the growing risks from the climate crisis
Government needs to start preparing now for climate change impact
Extreme weather events will likely become more frequent and Ireland has to be ready to handle them
Justine McCarthy: Reforming our garbled VAT system would be a good start in the fight against climate change
Go to a garden centre and you will pay the same 13.5 per cent tax for a packet of environment-enhancing wildflower seeds as for a bag of peat compost, which strips bogs of their sequestered carbon
Two firefighters killed battling blaze on Greek island as wildfires continue across Mediterranean
Varadkar says travel operators should ‘err on the side of fairness’ when compensating affected customers
Climate change: Ireland’s pace of action ‘not acceptable given existential threat’, watchdog warns
Government will not meet its legally-binding targets unless ‘urgent action taken’
It takes 10 years to build a road in Ireland, 20 for a rail line, 30 for a MetroLink. What are we doing wrong?
Cliff Taylor: Why do big infrastructure projects always take so long in Ireland?
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