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Recent weather patterns have seen temperature records going back to 1995 tumble
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Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan
This has been a childhood-defining summer, one that dried out the earth under your feet
Here in London, there has been the sort of prolonged, angry heat that delights and punishes in equal measure
Battle to halt global heating at 1.5 degrees is lost – UN
Focus must now switch to limiting extent of overshoot, says United Nations' climate report
Dispatch from an Australian who’s feeling increasingly at home in Ireland
A country’s practices may be changing
How worried should we be about this year’s ‘Super-Duper El Niño’?
On a planet already overheating due to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the 2026 El Niño will throw fuel on to a raging fire
Death toll from Nepal-Tibet floods reaches 781, with more than 3,000 still missing
Red Cross estimates more than 90,000 people likely affected by disaster in Himalayas linked to climate change
A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’
Wild Geese: Greystones native Sarah Catterson runs online fitness coaching enterprise Strengthinus from the Spanish city of Marbella
Ireland will be united, says former British prime minister Gordon Brown
Former Labour leader was chancellor when the Belfast Agreement was signed in 1998
Death toll from Nepal flooding hits 626, with almost 2,500 people missing
Rescue efforts hampered by fears of more flooding
The drive to plant trees on Ireland’s farmland: ‘In the future a field without trees will be worthless’
There are 400 hectares of trees planted on farms across Ireland under an agroforestry scheme, offering protection against drought, less pollution and greater biodiversity
The floods will overwhelm Irish land. We can’t just sit back
Water is arriving in ways our infrastructure and modified landscape can no longer cope with
As wildfires ravage Irish uplands, has work even begun on the promised national plan?
Wildfire risk management strategies should be prioritised
Bit parts for climate in script and song could help war on fossil fuels
Clean technologies rarely feature in popular entertainment – with a few recent exceptions
What changes in butterfly populations tell us about climate change in Ireland
Butterflies react quickly to change but can still get caught out by misaligned life cycles
Ireland’s hoverfly, crucial to food production, faces significant threats
Queen’s University Belfast study underscores the role the insects play in supporting food security
António Guterres: ‘Superpowers need to understand things have changed’
The UN secretary general, whose term ends in December, talks about the decline of US dominance, the rise of new powers and the organisation’s financial crisis
At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
Excess mortality in Germany, France and Spain alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to provisional figure
Feeling depressed or anxious? Focus on what you love and what gives you purpose
As global crises intensify, it is important is to find what you are called to do in response
Temporary excise tax cuts undermine the greening of Ireland’s transport
Fossil fuel price rises on the back of Iran war have delivered surge in EV sales, so why blunt the message?
Ireland may not have mutant Blitz attitude to climate crisis but we have our own potent version
Any kind of climate scepticism has shrivelled in the dry heat of another scorching summer
‘Is that a body in the water?’ Flying over the ‘mass grave’ that is the Mediterranean Sea
The union is accused of collaborating with encouraging ‘extremely violent’ Libyan militias in the Mediterranean in a bid to stop people fleeing war, poverty, persecution and climate change
Life in Ireland’s wildfire zones: ‘I’ll never forget that evening on Slievenamon for the rest of my life’
People in affected regions in Dublin and Tipperary reflect on the damage caused by the summer wildfires, and their fear of future such events
‘Nature needs all the help it can get’: projects aim to re-establish oyster reefs
Overharvesting, pollution and harsh winters all contributed to the decline of oysters in Ireland
Cost of growing carrots rising faster than retail prices, industry group warns
Carrots are Ireland’s most purchased vegetable, with retail sales of about 52,000 tonnes annually
Short on land, long on vision: Dutch lead the way on food production
Ireland could learn much from a nursery and research institute in the Netherlands
New era of climate obstruction requires pretending things are okay when clearly they are not
Misleading economic arguments position climate action as a threat to prosperity
Ireland’s warming seas pose risk to public health, scientists warn
Climate change is main driver behind marine heatwaves that harm fisheries, tourism and public health
Bad political leadership is blocking Ireland’s path to energy efficiency
Plans and strategies will pave the way to climate hell, unless they are actually implemented
Ireland needs an agriculture policy. Instead it has an agri-food industry
Denmark no longer has an agriculture minister – Ireland should follow suit
Eight in 10 support flood-risk certificates for homes, survey finds
Important that flood resilience improvements are affordable for homeowners, says Allianz report
The Danube ran dry, and revealed an overblown metaphor
Its water levels have sunk so low that dozens of wrecked Nazi warships have been exposed. It’s hard not to see this as an extreme metaphor
‘If you want to get a job immediately in Brussels, speak Irish and do a law degree’
Wild Geese: Jim Maher, based in Brussels, is one of two deputy spokespersons for the European Parliament
What drought-resistant plants are suitable for Irish gardens?
Most plants prefer a middle ground with soil that’s neither baked to a crisp nor badly waterlogged
Make this lesser-known French wine region your next big discovery
John Wilson: Vines in the Ventoux benefit from the combination of sunny days and cooler mountain air
Nearly 500 arrested over suspected arson in France as wildfires grip Europe
Residents in Belgium’s Liège province told to evacuate as country’s largest-ever fire burns through nature reserve
Think twice before growing that Instagram-perfect wildflower meadow
Non-native seed mixes can inadvertently contain invasive species and will not serve local pollinating insects as well
Hundreds evacuated from Croatian and Greek resorts as wildfires stretch across Europe
EU’s climate change service warns of ‘very extreme’ conditions across large area of central and eastern Europe
Heat, drought and pollution creating ‘lethal’ conditions for Ireland’s river life
Inland Fisheries Ireland is investigating a spate of fish kills in recent weeks
What could hunter-gatherer societies teach us about climate change?
There are climate lessons buried beneath the Céide Fields and in the stories of our forbears
Romanian state nuclear power producer closing only working reactor due to low water level
Unprecedented measures to avoid shutting down reactor included detonating a rock obstruction, dredging the riverbed and sinking barges in the Danube
Government must stop enabling Sinn Féin’s threats to Stormont
Annoying the party when it threatens devolution would be a far more helpful contribution
‘The deer are the elephant in the room’: Is a Phoenix Park cull the best way forward?
As beloved as the deer are, conservation and biodiversity require us to look at the bigger picture, argues one nature advocacy officer
Irish bees ‘stressed’ and ‘hungry’ from heat as lack of rainfall hits pollen supplies
Dublin beekeeper says honey harvest this year is ‘best in 20 years’ but drought has put strain on hives
The Irish Times view on rising EV sales: sea change or false dawn?
Sales of electric vehicles have increased by over 40 per cent in the first seven months of 2026
A Nazi motorbike and two dead soldiers: What’s been revealed as Europe’s waterways reach historic lows
As treasure-hunters prowl extended river banks with metal-detectors, shipping companies warn of surging prices
Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security
Idea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war
We should be on a wartime footing in fight against climate change
The authorities and citizens have urgent role to play in this emergency
World’s seas hit hottest temperature on record for July, say scientists
Western Europe has experienced its hottest June-July period on record, data shows
When faced by a crisis, there is nothing worse than feeling you have no control
Constant exposure to trauma and tragedy can distress and traumatise us, or make us feel guilty as ‘bystanders’
The low budget pollinator project that grew wings and created real change
Low-budget, highly ambitious project to restore populations of critical insects fast became a top nature-positive initiative
Should I weed my garden in a heatwave?
Climate change is demanding we adapt to new norms and make changes in how we garden
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