Climate change

About 7,700 people evacuated near Greek city of Patras, while Spain is on course for one of its longest heatwaves on record, with almost all of country deemed to be at extreme or very high risk of fire

People are trying to lower the temperature as continent sizzles amid record-breaking highs

Portugal, Italy, France, Turkey, Croatia and Albania also hit by extreme heat

The small South American country is ‘a living paradox’, pursuing the promise of oil while facing the potential peril of climate change

Climate scientists say Ireland should not attempt to ease climate targets around ‘containing additional warming’

‘For Ireland, with outsized methane emissions, to base its long-term climate target on stabilising warming sets a dangerous precedent’

It is likely to take decades before AVs can operate reliably in mixed urban traffic and bad weather conditions

Irish waters around coast nearer to average after marine heatwave in May, says Met Éireann

Our homes have become a cog, another processing centre, in the ever-turning wheel of waste

It’s possible, but what’s certain is that warm sunny days draw more of us outdoors, increasing the chance of being bitten or stung

The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good

Bird normally native to Spain and Portugal seen on Lusk lamp-post prompts questions about migration

Authorities in Portugal, Spain and Greece are also on high alert

Scientists warn climate change is making the region more vulnerable to wildfires

Aude wildfire is France’s biggest since 1949

‘If something can shave off just half a degree, that means millions fewer impacted by heatwaves, crop failures or flooding’

At a Time of Climate Crisis: There are serious questions over the sustainability of hydrotreated vegetable oil and the industries that are promoting its use

Cumbersome planning systems greatly delay grid developments

Consider how you can reuse, repair and rent rather than always buying new products

While scorching, Met Eireann notes last month was also very wet with 96mm monthly rainfall average

In a world where the population is about to fall, it will be harder for anyone to argue that having a child is the reason for our difficulties

According to Luke Kemp’s learned, provocative and deeply unsettling book about how societies come crashing down, today’s equivalent of Goliath is staring us in the mirror

The story might start with your washing machine and end in your food

Some schools are taking a stand against the cost and the waste of the debs treadmill

Family firms linked to Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney have been paid large sums for emergency accommodation, which critics lay at the door of the State’s ‘repeated short-termism’

The sprat needed to feed whales are at risk of extinction because of overfishing

Singer says living with the tick-borne condition can be ‘relentlessly debilitating’

National Economic & Social Council charts a way through the energy minefield

But share of total power demand for data centres predicted to fall to 16 per cent by 2050

Climate-themed funds were treated less as a financial bet, than a moral statement by some investors

Water isn’t an unlimited resource, and getting clean, safe water to our taps has its costs

Despite a joint statement on climate, differences on trade and Ukraine dominate relations

Thermometers hit 50 degrees in Turkey’s southeast on Saturday for first time in recorded history

Weather extremes are becoming increasingly common, creating challenging growing conditions for garden plants

The Minister for Finance on Nature Capital: The Value of the World Around Us by Partha Dasgupta and Slow Down or Die: The Economics of Degrowth by Timothée Parrique, translated by Claire Benoit

Short statement on climate highlights a summit more notable for its occurrence than its achievements

Youth mental health charity Jigsaw delivered more than 62,000 clinical contacts last year

Thinking in a Climate Emergency: Renewables, energy efficiency and ending fossil-fuel reliance do help cut CO2

‘This is the start of a new era of climate accountability at a global level’ - Greenpeace

Planned demolition of the €200 million Derrybrien windfarm will lead to destruction of potential green energy source for 30,000 homes