Delays in updating climate policies eating into diminishing time for action
Darragh O’Brien is behaving, outwardly at least, as if he is working in a different and far more relaxed timezone
Climate Change Advisory Council
Politics braces for fiercer storms as State set to miss emissions target by half
Ireland’s climate experience closely follows the global trend, with 2025 the country’s second-warmest year on record
Ireland set for more extreme weather as climate data points to worsening trends
European analysts register 11-year streak of temperature records with warning of more to come
‘Extremely disappointing’: Plans to protect Ireland against extreme weather criticised
Climate Change Advisory Council says Government’s proposals lack detail and clear lines of responsibility
The climate crisis in 2025: When scientific and political realities diverged
‘Climate adaptation’ became the new buzzwords but there was much evidence of business as usual
Fossil fuel dependence ‘is Ireland’s biggest block’ to achieving carbon emissions cuts
‘Expensive’ fossil fuels subsidised by €4.7bn of taxpayers’ money as Climate Change Advisory Council warns over ‘harmful use’
Cop30: as the window for meaningful action narrows fast, the stakes couldn’t be higher
Every year of delay locks in greater risk, higher costs and more irreversible damage
Weak investment to mitigate extreme weather sharpens risk to ‘Ireland’s fiscal resilience’
Central Bank of Ireland and Climate Change Advisory Council highlight urgent need to address ‘insurance protection gap’
Building nature into construction is the new challenge for developers
Projects aim to show how ‘no net loss’ of biodiversity can become the norm in the built environment
Green roofs and permeable paving: how to solve both the human and nature housing crises
New housing developments can provide more benefits to society than the bare minimum of having a roof over your head if done correctly
Cutting the entire cattle herd to reduce emissions makes no economic sense
Limiting methane emissions is a good thing but agriculture is producing other, more damaging, greenhouse gases
More sightings of invasive Asian hornet confirmed in Northern Ireland
Species could have a ‘serious impact’ on biodiversity in Ireland, environment agency says
New buildings must present ‘no net loss’ to nature, says Climate Change Council
Advisers want conditions added to planning laws to conserve and enhance biodiversity
Ireland urged not to follow New Zealand in changing methane targets
New Zealand’s government to rewrite its climate law and row back on emissions commitments
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