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Climate change
Our latest news coverage, analysis and comment on the global climate crisis
Author Keith Ridgway: ‘Dooneen is the most beautiful place on Earth, as far as I’m concerned’
The celebrated Irish author writes about the ‘wonky Dublin’ he has written about in Dooneen, his latest novel
After the Fall by Ian Shapiro: Thought-provoking guide to how the world got into this mess
The path that led to Donald Trump and current crises was forged decades ago by the missteps and missed opportunities of other leaders
Green motives are great, but climate agenda must also appeal to broader constituency
‘Utility-based mentality’ can get previously reluctant industries on board, says Elina Bardram
‘I couldn’t see the sea from my garden a few years ago. Now I can see it on this level’
Portrane in north Co Dublin may be the most extreme example of coastal erosion in Ireland currently
Time and Water review: An arresting documentary about Iceland’s disappearing glaciers
Sara Dosa resists catastrophising, allowing cracking ice to shoulder the film’s emotional heft
Tense scenes at Belfast protests, and Mayo village prepares for Canadian prime minister’s visit
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan: Government told to prepare to relocate coastal and flood-prone communities
Irish coastal communities face erosion in ‘urgent crisis’ and need relocation, report says
Climate Change Advisory Council paper says preparations for land loss to sea needed now
New AI weather model is ‘1,000 times more efficient’ at forecasts, committee hears
Separate ‘good AI’ from ‘bad AI’ in deciding data centre policy, TDs urged
We should follow Danish example of bold climate action
Newly formed government has replaced agriculture role with a minister for nature and animal welfare
Ireland’s range anxiety: Denmark has a similar population, look at the amount of EV chargers there
Average build time for an EV charging point on an Irish site ‘is typically taking between two and three years’, says Tesla
Stefan Al’s spirited account of what humans have got right and wrong when making homes
Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home by Stefan Al
The Russian oligarch believed to control Aughinish Alumina; Lidl v Supervalu; Irish global warming
Early Edition with Andrew McNair
Ireland’s ‘downright alarming’ record-breaking heat in May due to climate change, scientists find
Sudden surge of heat ‘downright alarming’ and marks rapidly shifting norms
Fossil fuel phase-out plan is missing link in energy and climate policy
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Ireland has clean energy targets but no strategy for ending oil and gas
Ireland will not hit 2030 carbon targets and could face billions in fines, says Darragh O’Brien
Ireland to fall way short of 50% carbon emissions reduction by 2030, with fines estimated between €8bn-€26bn
Darragh O’Brien on new help to buy EVs, Ireland’s missed climate targets and Fianna Fáil’s leadership
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Proposed €8,500 EV grants scheme is not policy, it’s a canny PR move
An €8,500 incentive may get motorists thinking about EVs, but it distracts from a lower grant price cap
Record heat in Ireland predicted this summer – and why that’s not good news
In the News podcast: World’s weather forecasters almost certain El Niño will return
In a time of sky-high oil prices, should Ireland go nuclear?
Advocates say new, smaller reactors could deliver ‘abundant, cheap and clean power – the Holy Trinity’
Environmentalists’ plea to keep bleach off the beach when cleaning slippery steps
Chemical cleaners killing shellfish around piers, harbours and sea walls, says Coastwatch
Ireland’s climate is on steroids. The extremes of recent days will become the norm
Europe as a whole is now warming twice as fast as the global average
World Cup: Extreme heat ‘a very real risk’ for fans and players, says Irish researcher
Queen’s University Belfast climate scientist says high temperatures to be big issue despite mitigation measures
Ireland’s figures on greenhouse gases from farming shocking but no surprise
Pledges and signing up to reducing emissions are of little use without following through with actions
Joining the dots from climate to Gaza and all the injustice in between
Climate impacts, treatment of displaced people, growing inequality and other key issues are all interconnected
Recent record temperatures ‘rose 10 times faster than expected in stable climate’
‘Halfway to halfway’: Conference hears of State’s slow progress on cutting emissions and ‘stark impacts’ of warming climate
Government accused of ‘famine of ambition’ on climate action after latest projection on missed targets
Ireland to fall well short of targeted cuts on greenhouse gas emissions as Minister says they will be reached in ‘early 2030s’
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions to fall by just half of the amount pledged
Drop from agriculture sector might be as low as 4 per cent, environmental agency says
From Leinster in Bilbao to Irish homes: How heat is reshaping daily life
Letters warn of overheating homes, climate risk and sport disrupted by rising temperatures
Decision on first offshore wind farm since Arklow Bank due within months
Minister wants progress on renewable energy, says public are ahead of Government on issue
Seven deaths in France as ‘exceptionally early’ heatwave blankets Europe
Record temperatures caused by heat dome, with hot air from Morocco trapped under an area of high pressure
Record-high May temperatures sweep across France
Extreme heat settles upon western Europe, with values in Spain set to reach 40 degrees
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