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Climate Change

Yesterday
6th March 2025
Climate Change
The world's sea ice cover hit a record low last month
6 Mar
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Why is the government using a ship for emergency gas reserves - and why is it a climate problem?
Cabinet has approved a plan to develop an emergency gas storage facility.
Environmentalists fear it could hurt Ireland's climate efforts and lead to importing fracked gas from the US.
Updated 4 Mar
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RELATED
Ireland could face up to €26 billion in penalties if it doesn't get its climate act together
4 Mar
Government plans to create a new gas reserve in case of an 'emergency' disruption to supply
4 Mar
The Morning Lead
Ireland could face up to €26 billion in penalties if it doesn't get its climate act together
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council chair Seamus Coffey described it as a “clear case of being able to reduce a massive fiscal risk”.
Lauren Boland
Updated 4 Mar
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Last month
February 2025
Planning ahead
Opinion: Storm Éowyn showed just how important it is to back communities
Emma Murtagh
18 Feb
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Paris Agreement
Ireland among list of almost all nations to miss UN deadline for new climate targets
10 Feb
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climate action
Irish Environmental group 'disappointed' by High Court judgement ruling in government's favour
7 Feb
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greenwashing
Michelin restaurant critics urged to take ‘stronger stance’ on sustainability
12 hrs ago
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COPERNICUS CLIMATE CHANGE SERVICE
World sees record hot January with temperatures 1.75C above pre-industrial era
6 Feb
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January
January 2025
earth on fire
Opinion: Under Trump 2.0, the planet is in big trouble
Sadhbh O' Neill
31 Jan
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FactCheck
Debunked: The Status Red warning during Storm Éowyn was not a 'climate lockdown'
30 Jan
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generators and batteries
Opinion: In the face of storms, has our reliance on A-rated homes and EVs created a blind spot?
Harrison Gardner
Updated 28 Jan
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CLIMATE ACT
Environment group brings Government to High Court over climate action plan
27 Jan
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Fossil Fuels
Opinion: An Irish fossil fuel lobbyist says he's part of the low carbon transition - let's get real
John Gibbons
Updated 21 Jan
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Climate policy
'Disingenuous': Government hopefuls want to change how livestock emissions are calculated
16 Jan
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LA wildfires
Los Angeles hoped a break in 'Devil winds' could help fight the fires - but the winds are back
14 Jan
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CLIMATE CRISIS
'Teetering on the edge': 2024 was first year of global warming above 1.5 degrees
10 Jan
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Explainer
Why are the LA fires spreading so quickly?
9 Jan
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Climate emergency
Opinion: Can native woodland flourish without farmers? They also deserve a just transition
Elizabeth Rymut
8 Jan
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Climate Change
Heating up: 2024 was Ireland's fourth hottest year on record
6 Jan
5.3k
The Morning Lead
AI will be 'big disruptor' in world of weather forecasting, says head of Met Éireann
4 Jan
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Last year
2024
Flooding
The frontline of the climate crisis in Honduras: 'We live in fear here when it starts raining'
30 Dec 2024
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climate justice
The world in 2025: Six actions global leaders can take to build a fairer and better planet
Karol Balfe
29 Dec 2024
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Extreme Weather
'Dangerous new heights' of climate change displaced millions of people around the world in 2024
27 Dec 2024
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InvestigatesData Centres
What happens now? Data centres being built outside Ireland may be better for the environment
The Journal Investigates finds that renewable energy in other EU countries can offer a greener solution to Ireland’s ‘dirty’ data centres.
24 Dec 2024
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GOAL VOICES
Life under conflict: The struggle for water in Northwest Syria
Louay Tajiddin
Updated 19 Dec 2024
3.6k
Farming
Nearly two-fifths of Ireland's farm holders are over retirement age
17 Dec 2024
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The Morning Lead
Ireland producing more waste than a decade ago and 'almost certain' to miss 2025 recycling target
In 2022, Ireland generated 15.7 million tonnes of waste.
16 Dec 2024
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InvestigatesCoastal Erosion
Community group who saved road from coastal erosion urges State to reduce fossil fuel use
15 Dec 2024
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Carbon Budgets
Ireland needs to stop using harmful fossil fuels in the next 15 years - climate watchdog
12 Dec 2024
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power hungry
Campaigners call on government to pause data centre growth due to climate commitment threat
10 Dec 2024
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fast fashion
Opinion: Fast fashion conglomerates are having a profoundly negative impact on Irish businesses
Elaine Maguire O'Connor
30 Nov 2024
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InvestigatesData Crunch
Ireland's data centres turning to fossil fuels after maxing out country's electricity grid
Climate-impacting emissions are being released from data centres using off-grid generators.
Backup and emergency generators powering large data centres contributing to CO2 emissions
Majority of data centres located in Greater Dublin area, straining the electricity grid
Data centre demand fuelled by rise of artificial intelligence
Conor O'Carroll
28 Nov 2024
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South Sudan
In South Sudan with aid boss John Rynne: 'The maps drawn in colonial times are starting to erode'
Niall O’Connor travelled to South Sudan and the Sudan border to report on the forgotten African crisis. This is his third dispatch from the region.
Niall O'Connor
Reports from South Sudan
27 Nov 2024
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GE2024Policy Matters
The Greens want to pilot 'forest schools' to foster a respect for nature - how would they work?
24 Nov 2024
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118
COP29
'No deal is better than a bad deal': Poorer countries walk out of climate negotiations
23 Nov 2024
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COP29
Ireland on track to meet €225 million climate finance target by 2025 - Eamon Ryan
19 Nov 2024
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FactCheck
FactCheck: Has the carbon tax led to a reduction in Ireland's emissions?
Mary Lou McDonald said this week that the tax has NOT led to a reduction.
Stephen McDermott
17 Nov 2024
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Quiz
Quiz: How much do you know about Irish amphibians?
16 Nov 2024
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storm sara
Flash floods and mudslides threat as tropical storm drenches Honduras
16 Nov 2024
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diplomatic spat
France and Argentina draw back dramatically from climate talks in Azerbaijan
14 Nov 2024
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