# Climate Change

Last year

2022

# climate protesters

Minister backtracks on comments made about climate activists throwing soup at artworks

‘I am in no way advocating that anyone follows this example,’ Minister of State Ossian Smyth has said.

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Oct 27th 2022, 6:44 PM

# Race Against Time

UN report finds current climate pledges 'nowhere near' enough to prevent 1.5C warming

Experts say the world is failing to act with sufficient urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions

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Oct 26th 2022, 7:35 PM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

Human health ‘at the mercy of fossil fuels’, report warns

Lancet The new report warns that governments are still prioritising use of fossil fuels despite huge health harms from climate change.

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Oct 26th 2022, 8:11 AM

# Climate

Just Stop Oil protesters glue themselves to tarmac at central London junction

Police confirmed 16 protesters have been arrested and that the roads have since been reopened

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Oct 21st 2022, 2:47 PM

Voices

John Gibbons: If you're offended by soup thrown on a painting then you're missing the point

The environmental campaigner says scientists have been warning us about climate change for decades, but no one has listened.

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Oct 19th 2022, 7:30 PM

# Energy Crisis

CO2 emissions from combustion set to grow only slightly this year despite fears of big jump

In China, the world’s largest polluter, emissions will stay largely flat in 2022.

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Oct 19th 2022, 4:25 PM

# Venezuela

'All this is climate change': Fresh landslide in Venezuela kills at least three

More than 50 people died in similar circumstances last week.

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Oct 18th 2022, 8:02 AM

# sustainability

Councils asked to develop transport projects to help meet climate goals

A programme supporting local projects to help meet the transport sector’s climate goals is set to launch next week

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Oct 13th 2022, 9:51 AM

# Food Crisis

World hunger at 'catastrophic' levels amid 'toxic cocktail' of conflict, climate change and Covid

44 countries around the world are currently suffering serious or alarming levels of hunger.

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Oct 13th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Carbon Tax

Carbon tax rose today but any fuel price increases will be offset by levy cut

Carbon tax increases on fuels other than petrol and diesel will come into effect next year.

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Oct 12th 2022, 5:13 PM

# interesting moove

New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps as part of plan to tackle climate change

There are just five million people in New Zealand but some 10 million beef and dairy cattle and 26 million sheep.

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Oct 11th 2022, 8:02 AM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

Heatwaves will make some regions uninhabitable within decades - report

Heatwaves are predicted to exceed human limits in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and south and southwest Asia.

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Oct 10th 2022, 4:35 PM

# net zero

Finland pushes forward with ditching fossil fuels in face of Russia's war and energy crisis

Decades of diversifying energy has meant Russia’s war on Ukraine hasn’t left Finland as vulnerable as other countries – but prices have still jumped.

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Oct 9th 2022, 7:00 AM

Voices

Opinion: Famine is now threatening millions in Africa just as it once did in Ireland

World Vision Ireland’s Gillian Barnett says millions face a terrifying reality now as crops fail and animals die.

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Oct 8th 2022, 8:30 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

Inside the small Finnish city that became a big player in climate action

A report by

Lauren Boland

A Finnish city with a population nearly the size of Cork’s is years ahead of Europe’s climate targets.

100km north of Helsinki, a Finnish city with a population nearly the size of Cork's is years ahead of Europe's climate targets.

The Journal visited Lahti this week for a closer look at its climate policies in action.

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Oct 8th 2022, 12:05 AM

# coal

German energy giant RWE to end coal use by 2030

The decision will accelerate the closure of some of Europe’s most polluting power plants.

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Oct 4th 2022, 10:56 AM

Voices

Opinion: This planet is not one we 'own' - it's a resource we share

Environmental campaigner Jamie Rohu says we must rethink our relationship with the natural world.

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Oct 1st 2022, 1:00 PM

# peat sake

Commission warns Ireland over ‘stalled’ action to halt extraction in protected peatlands

The State has two months to act or potentially face legal action before the European Court of Justice.

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Sep 30th 2022, 11:53 AM

# debunked

Debunked: No, excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not down to natural causes

Spurious claims were made by an Australian climate change denier

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Sep 29th 2022, 12:23 PM

# up and down

Carbon tax to rise again next month - but impact on fuel for vehicles cost to be offset

The controversial tax will continue to increase as planned under Budget 2023.

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Sep 27th 2022, 6:43 PM

# Climate Change

Leading scientists say 'fundamentally flawed' climate study should be withdrawn

The experts say the study grossly manipulates data, cherry picks facts and ignores others that would contradict their discredited assertions.

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Sep 27th 2022, 12:15 PM

# Climate Change

UK Labour's Miliband mocks '19th century’ Jacob Rees-Mogg and accuses him of ‘climate denial’

Britain’s opposition climate change secretary criticised the Government’s decision to open the door for fracking.

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Sep 26th 2022, 3:11 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

'It's hard to imagine the future': The Ploughing, the climate crisis, and the writing on the wall

A report by

Lauren Boland

Climate and sustainability took on a new focus at the Ploughing this year, but there’s still a long way to go.

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Sep 25th 2022, 12:05 AM

# debunked

Debunked: Climate change is real - it is not a 'hoax' or a 'scam' designed to control people

Claims on social media suggest that climate change is made up.

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Sep 19th 2022, 4:05 PM

# Extreme Weather

Deadly typhoon strikes Japan as hurricane leaves Puerto Rico without power

A man was found dead in his car in Japan early today.

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Sep 19th 2022, 9:45 AM

# Climate

China doubles down on coal burning in bid to battle energy crunch

The country is the world’s biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases driving global warming.

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Sep 18th 2022, 7:56 AM

# Italy votes

Climate takes backseat in Italian elections despite country suffering extreme events

Italy suffered deadly storms, a glacier collapse and its worst drought in 70 years in 2022.

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Sep 17th 2022, 9:59 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Are you climate-conscious when you shop for clothes?

Does the environment enter your thoughts when you’re browsing in stores?

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Sep 15th 2022, 11:08 AM

# Patagonia

Patagonia's founder gives multi-billion dollar company away in effort to combat climate change

Its founder says ‘Earth is now our only shareholder’.

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Sep 15th 2022, 8:17 AM

# Sectoral Ceilings

Any sector could be asked to cut emissions further to absorb unallocated reductions - minister

No sector has yet been responsible for a total of 5.25 megatonnes of emissions.

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Sep 13th 2022, 4:22 PM

# Paris Agreement

Humanity 'heading into uncharted territory of destruction' due to climate change, says UN

The warning came as a multi-agency report sets out the scale of the crisis.

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Sep 13th 2022, 2:59 PM

# Sowed and Reaped

'It shouldn't have been a surprise': How policy choices brought Ireland's energy to the brink

Experts explain how decisions made in years gone by have led us to our current position of facing down a bleak winter, even without the war in Ukraine.

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Sep 12th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Flooding

UN chief has 'never seen climate carnage' like Pakistan floods

Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that has wiped out crops and destroyed homes, businesses, roads and bridges.

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Sep 10th 2022, 5:47 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Most energy suppliers are still not paying households for solar power despite August promise

A report by

Lauren Boland

Only one energy supplier could confirm that it started to pay microgenerators – here’s a breakdown of what each company said.

Microgenerators are supposed to be able to sell back any surplus power they produce to their energy supplier.

Only one supplier could confirm that it started to pay microgenerators before 31 August in line with an assurance by the national energy regulator.

At least eight had not yet commenced payment, Lauren Boland reports.

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Sep 10th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Climate Change

UN chief Guterres slams climate change 'insanity' during visit to flood-hit Pakistan

Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that covers a third of the country

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Sep 9th 2022, 2:45 PM

# Climate Change

Environment groups criticise appointment of Jacob Rees-Mogg to UK energy and climate role

Rees-Mogg has warned against ‘climate alarmism’ and said that oil firms need to stay profitable.

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Sep 7th 2022, 12:15 PM

# Take it by storm

Top climate panel tells government how to weather energy crisis

The Climate Change Advisory Council says crucial actions to combat the climate crisis are not happening quickly enough.

The Climate Change Advisory Council says crucial actions to combat the climate crisis are not happening quickly enough.

In its annual report, it tells the government how to power through the current energy crisis, Lauren Boland reports.

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Sep 6th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Relief

More aid reaches Pakistan as deaths from floods cross 1,200 mark

More than three million people are said to have been affected by the disaster.

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Sep 2nd 2022, 10:15 AM

# Temperature Check

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We’ll bring you the latest climate updates from Ireland and abroad and original reporting you’ll get to read before anyone else.

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Aug 31st 2022, 11:40 AM

# Uh oh

‘Zombie ice’ from Greenland will raise sea level by 10 inches, study suggests

Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by those larger glaciers.

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Aug 29th 2022, 7:23 PM