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CLIMATE CRISIS

This week
23rd March 2025 - 27th March 2025
Energy Hungry
Data centres to account for almost one-third of Ireland's electricity demand by 2034
25 Mar
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Last week
16th March 2025 - 22nd March 2025
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From loss-making to lobbying: What we know about the company behind Kerry's planned gas plant
22 Mar
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climate warriors
Fighting for Justice: How Guatemala’s Indigenous communities recover from conflict
Alejandra Castillo
22 Mar
3.5k
state of the climate
Five key graphs that show 2024's spiralling climate change in Ireland and worldwide
Record levels of greenhouse gas concentrations, temperatures, rainfall and glacier loss were experienced last year.
Updated 19 Mar
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CLIMATE CRISIS
Climate council calls on government to 'radically improve preparedness' for extreme weather events
19 Mar
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This month
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
9.2k
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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greenwashing
Michelin restaurant critics urged to take ‘stronger stance’ on sustainability
7 Feb
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24
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
5.7k
CLIMATE ACT
Environment group brings Government to High Court over climate action plan
27 Jan
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Climate policy
'Disingenuous': Government hopefuls want to change how livestock emissions are calculated
16 Jan
12.4k
LA wildfires
Los Angeles hoped a break in 'Devil winds' could help fight the fires - but the winds are back
14 Jan
6.7k
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CLIMATE CRISIS
'Teetering on the edge': 2024 was first year of global warming above 1.5 degrees
10 Jan
6.3k
136
The Morning Lead
AI will be 'big disruptor' in world of weather forecasting, says head of Met Éireann
4 Jan
21.9k
31
Last year
2024
Flooding
The frontline of the climate crisis in Honduras: 'We live in fear here when it starts raining'
30 Dec 2024
7.3k
Extreme Weather
'Dangerous new heights' of climate change displaced millions of people around the world in 2024
27 Dec 2024
5.0k
53
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
14.9k
105
Carbon Budgets
Ireland needs to stop using harmful fossil fuels in the next 15 years - climate watchdog
12 Dec 2024
9.5k
119
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What will the Green Party's wipeout mean for climate action in Ireland?
Which party is best placed to fill that void and take the action that is needed? And why don’t we see more parties which focus on climate and environmental issues?
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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
7.3k
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COP29
Ireland on track to meet €225 million climate finance target by 2025 - Eamon Ryan
19 Nov 2024
4.4k
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
20.1k
diplomatic spat
France and Argentina draw back dramatically from climate talks in Azerbaijan
14 Nov 2024
13.3k
40
Special Newsletter
'Is it real money? Loans? Grandpa's old socks?': Climate finance talks split on substance
Updated 14 Nov 2024
6.0k
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COP29
'God looked after Ireland with wind': Ryan pushes back on praise for 'God-given' fossil fuels
13 Nov 2024
9.5k
climate chaos
Eamon Ryan warns climate crisis has fallen 'down the order' of political priorities
13 Nov 2024
7.0k
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newsletter
World leader speeches at COP29 play out like game of rock, paper, fossil fuels
12 Nov 2024
3.7k
Not The End
Trump win 'bitterly disappointing' but 'not end of fight' for safer planet - Biden climate advisor
12 Nov 2024
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Baku
Azerbaijan president defends fossil fuels and claims country a victim of 'western fake media' at COP29
12 Nov 2024
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Azerbaijan
Criticism levelled at COP over reports that organiser engaged with 'fossil fuel deal'
11 Nov 2024
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Money Talks
One trillion dollars needed annually to help developing countries prevent climate breakdown
Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan has said there is a ‘real risk’ the negotiations on the climate finance goal could fail.
Lauren Boland
Lauren Boland reports from COP29
11 Nov 2024
4.2k
Global Warming
'Red alert': Plea for urgent action as world hits hottest year of modern records
Lauren Boland
Lauren Boland reports from COP29
11 Nov 2024
5.4k
The Morning Lead
Major climate summit kicks off - but some world leaders (including Ireland's) are giving it a miss
Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin are among those failing to attend.
Lauren Boland
Lauren Boland reports from COP29
11 Nov 2024
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Free Newsletter
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Lauren Boland
10 Nov 2024
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there is hope
Biodiversity COP: Global climate efforts and some gains made, but no clear agreement
Dr Siobhan McQuaid
9 Nov 2024
4.5k
54
thin ice
Eamon Ryan: Taoiseach and Tánaiste must answer 'serious questions' about climate plans
8 Nov 2024
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88
Copernicus
This year 'virtually certain' to be the hottest on record, EU monitor says
7 Nov 2024
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