The minister was delivering a speech about the need to significantly improve communication about climate change.

Eight children were among the 12 people confirmed dead yesterday.

The EU’s Copernicus climate unit also noted ‘extreme marine heatwaves’ around Ireland.

Preliminary readings by US meteorologists today show that average daily air temperature on the Earth’s surface reached 17.18 degrees Celsius.

The United Nations warned that more extreme temperatures are to come.

A number of protestors have been arrested after blocking the road in front of a Coca-Cola truck.

Met Eireann said that persistently warm days and nights resulted in the record-breaking month.

Thunberg denounced the ecological havoc caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Some supermarkets have started selling polyester mesh bags that can be washed and reused.

The EU’s environment committee of 88 MEPs was split down the middle in a highly anticipated vote this morning.

A report by the European Court of Auditors examined countries’ performance against 2020 targets and progress towards 2030.

The country has already endured record-high temperatures this year, and July and August tend to be the hottest and driest months.

“Another faked headline,” George Monbiot wrote, “and another confederation of dunces falling for it”.

The announcement comes after 2022 claimed the title of Ireland’s hottest year on record.

James Carton, assistant professor in Sustainable Energy with DCU and an academic advisor to the United Nations on hydrogen, joins us on this week’s podcast to discuss this lesser spotted form of energy. How do you make it? Where could it be used instead of fossil fuels? Could it be part of a clean energy future, or does it amount to simply greenwashing?

The continent, which has been warming twice the global average since the 1980s, saw its warmest summer on record last year.

Of the existing oil exploration licences, Barryroe had looked by far the most likely to actually happen.

A draft National Energy and Climate Plan will only be published ‘later this year’ despite a 30 June submission deadline.

A meeting of MEPs to determine the fate of the legislation went well over time.

Read an extract from the latest edition of The Journal’s climate newsletter.

The EU Commission has put forward a proposal for better oversight of ambiguous ESG ratings.

Authorities have declared an emergency in the affected districts.

Heat stroke occurs when the body overheats and loses the ability to regulate its temperature, which then rises to dangerous levels.

The campaigner has graduated from high school and noted that her future Friday activities ‘technically’ will not be school striking.

A team of scientists have developed an open platform with key information about the state of the climate.

Pre-legislative scrutiny of Ireland’s auto-enrolment pension scheme called for funds to be prohibited from investing in fossil fuels.

The negotiators are charged with developing the first international, legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, on land and at sea.

Domestic flights are very important to some of Ireland’s most remote areas, says Varadkar.

Coalition leaders say some modeling is not contained in the EPA report.

Ossian Smyth said he was ‘not happy’ that Fine Gael’s EU party, the EPP had walked out of talks on the issue.

The proposed law, which would set targets for restoring nature, has been the subject of controversy in Europe and in Ireland.