Is harming the environment a sin?

As world leaders prepare for the UN climate summit, religious figures are meeting in Ireland to consider how Pope Francis is influencing the politics of climate change

Air strikes on Syria echo fatally back home in Paris

There’s a straight line between Bush’s invasion of Iraq and France’s torment

UN Climate Change Conference: ‘I will be embarrassed to be Irish in Paris’

Trócaire, Oxfam Ireland and Friends of the Earth will be watching as world leaders meet for the Cop21 summit. They’re already disappointed by the Government’s ‘inaction’

The further evidence that time running out for decisive action on climate

Paris agreement needs to be backed by rigorous transparency and review mechanisms

As coal use falls, China still issues permits for coal-fired power plants

Blamed for dire pollution, coal makes up two-thirds of China’s energy consumption

COP21 organisers confident of getting agreement

Foreign and environment ministers have made progress towards a climate change accord

Climate change is hot topic for Africa as temperatures rise

A deal at UN conference in Paris is crucial for continent’s future

Greenhouse gases hit record levels in 2014, says report

‘Every year we say that time is running out’ - World Meteorological Organisation

A plan to slow global warming

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification promised to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land a year. Could this really reduce warming by half a degree?

Obama rejects controversial Keystone XL pipeline

US president says 1,897km line would not make meaningful contribution to economy

France-China statement heralds progress on path to climate conference

Beijing accepts legally binding text with reviews every five years in major breakthrough

Climate change: Robust EU engagement at Paris crucial

Climate summit an opportunity to rebuild European Union’s international reputation

Sugar and scale and all things frail in climate change show

Can an art exhibition about climate change have any potency when it avoids polemic? The Irish Cultural Centre in Paris takes a gentle approach to a giant issue

Tracking rising sea levels as Greenland rapidly melts

Groundbreaking research under pressure from climate change sceptics in Congress

James Nix: Volkwagen crisis provides pretext for overdue rise in tax on diesel

Environmental benefits of diesel no longer sufficient to justify lower rate of excise

COP21: French minister to preside over climate conference

Tension between developed and developing worlds an obstacle in global warming fight

Martin Wolf: Ending climate change presents real opportunity

Goals of eliminating mass poverty and tackling global warming are complementary

How America became addicted to air conditioning

The technology has become integral to modern life – but at huge environmental cost

Balancing our use of land

Climate change

France’s martyred village tries to come to terms with tragedy

Petit-Palais was home to 28 of the 43 people killed in collision between coach and lorry

UN deal on land restoration could inform Paris climate talks

Full implementation of UNCCD target could reduce global warming by half a degree

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