# climate-crisis - Yesterday’s News
# Temperature Check
# Temperature Check
We’ll bring you the latest climate updates from Ireland and abroad and original reporting you’ll get to read before anyone else.
# climate-crisis - Sunday 16 January, 2022
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and recent data shows its atmospheric concentration is still increasing.
# climate-crisis - Sunday 2 January, 2022
# Resilience
# Resilience
Ireland is due to update the National Adaptation Framework for the first time since 2018 and the IPCC will publish a major report on climate adaptation.
# climate-crisis - Saturday 1 January, 2022
# Climactic
The Journal analysed documents and spoke to experts to understand climate action planned this year and which interventions are needed most urgently. This year will see a 2022 Climate Action Plan that is updated to “fully reflect the legally adopted carbon budgets and sectoral ceilings”, Lauren Boland reports. Here's what the Government will be doing this year - and what experts say must be tackled.
# climate-crisis - Wednesday 22 December, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Let’s take a look back at the climate policies and goals Ireland put forward over the last 12 months.
# climate-crisis - Friday 10 December, 2021
# Survey
Only 9% of people think Ireland is too small to make a difference on the climate, Lauren Boland reports. Nine in tene believe that it has a responsibility to act and reduce greenhouse emissions, a new report has found. The same number of people believe politicians need to be doing "more" or "much more" to address climate change.
# climate-crisis - Wednesday 8 December, 2021
# Actions And Words
# Actions And Words
The Climate Change Advisory Council is concerned about missed targets and delayed measures inhibiting efforts to fight the climate crisis.
# climate-crisis - Sunday 14 November, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
The reaction to the Glasgow Climate Pact has been mixed across the world.
# climate-crisis - Saturday 13 November, 2021
# Glasgow Climate Pact
# Glasgow Climate Pact
Negotiations ran into overtime at the summit with some last-minute changes to the final deal.
# climate-crisis - Friday 12 November, 2021
# Cop26
# Cop26
Negotiations have run overtime at previous COP summits.
# climate-crisis - Thursday 11 November, 2021
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
The negotiations at COP26 in Glasgow are nearing their end.
# climate-crisis - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
# Environment
# Environment
Ryan also announced the launch of a new National Dialogue on Climate Action
# Cop26
# Cop26
A draft version of a potential agreement for the UN climate summit was released this morning.
# climate-crisis - Tuesday 9 November, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Any deals or agreements reached at COP26 will be very technical and require a lot of scrutiny, experts say.
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
The UN body has said new emissions goals will barely affect global heating
# climate-crisis - Sunday 7 November, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Greta Thunberg said on Friday: “It is not a secret that COP26 is a failure.” Is she right?
# climate-crisis - Saturday 6 November, 2021
# Cop26
# Cop26
Minister Ryan was supposed to travel to Glasgow tomorrow for the COP26 climate summit.
# climate-crisis - Thursday 4 November, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
The long-awaited revised Climate Action Plan sets out how Ireland intends to meet tight climate targets over the next nine years. It raises the target for renewable-sourced electricity from 70% to 80%, which will involve increased solar, onshore wind, and offshore wind power. The agriculture sector, which is responsible for the most greenhouse gases, has been targeted with the lowest emissions reduction.
# climate-crisis - Wednesday 3 November, 2021
# Pensions For Planet
# Pensions For Planet
Pensions expert Ralph Benson looks at the rise of ethical investing and how it can benefit the planet.
# climate-crisis - Tuesday 2 November, 2021
# Climate Change
The Taoiseach said that the world is already seeing the "serious impacts" of climate change. Micheál Martin delivered Ireland's national statement from the COP26 summit in Glasgow. He added: "If we act decisively now, we will offer humanity the most valuable prize of all – a liveable planet."
# climate-crisis - Monday 1 November, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
We asked some of the Irish people heading to Glasgow: Are you feeling hopeful going into COP26?
# climate-crisis - Sunday 31 October, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
The Taoiseach Micheál Martin will attend a two-day world leaders summit as part of COP26.
# Cop26
# Cop26
We’ll be bringing you daily updates and analysis from COP26 in Glasgow.
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Keep up-to-date with the latest from the COP26 summit.
# climate-crisis - Saturday 30 October, 2021
# Cop26
# Cop26
It is time to cop on, end the empty promises and sickening cross-sectoral greenwashing, writes MEP Grace O’Sullivan.
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
The Irish climate campaigner says framing COP26 as the focal point of global climate action is robbing us of our own collective power.
# climate-crisis - Friday 29 October, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Addressing the injustice of the climate crisis must be central to discussions at COP26, writes Ciarán Cuffe.
# climate-crisis - Monday 25 October, 2021
# Climate Action
# Climate Action
The carbon budget would see Ireland’s emissions fall by 95 million tonnes between 2021-2025 and 2026-2030.
# Climate News
# Climate News
US journalist Mark Hertsgaard said: “The main thing is to play the story as big as the story is.”
# climate-crisis - Saturday 23 October, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Budget 2021 won’t bring long-term equality and fairness with the spectre of climate change, writes Dr Shana Cohen.
# climate-crisis - Friday 22 October, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Emissions from Ireland in 2020 failed to stay within the allocation set by the EU.
# climate-crisis - Thursday 21 October, 2021
# Is The Coast Clear?
Projects to safeguard Irish railways from climate change long-term are at early stages, Lauren Boland reports. Coastal erosion on the south-east line and flooding in Ballycar have been exacerbated by climate change. However, it could be up to 10 years before the measures are fully implemented.
# climate-crisis - Wednesday 20 October, 2021
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
The plan to set up this commission was included in the Programme for Government.
# climate-crisis - Monday 18 October, 2021
# Carbon Footprint
Facebook has flagged advertisements from three Irish gas suppliers for not including a particular disclaimer, Lauren Boland reports. Energia, Electric Ireland and Calor Ireland have run ads that encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint by becoming a customer. Climate campaigners are calling for an EU-wide ban on fossil fuel advertising, which an Irish MEP says they would support.
# climate-crisis - Sunday 17 October, 2021
# Cop26
# Cop26
“The main thing will be whether there is a willingness to do business or not.”
# climate-crisis - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Cash Cow
# Cash Cow
Noteworthy’s Niall Sargent and journalist Ella McSweeney tell Susan Daly how agri-subsidies are encouraging farmers to cut back on nature.
# climate-crisis - Tuesday 12 October, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Let’s explore the Green Deal and the EU’s other plans and policies around climate.
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
The minister for finance said that “future generations will not tolerate inaction” on the climate.
# Carbon Tax
# Carbon Tax
The increase will take effect from midnight on petrol and diesel.
# Cop26
# Cop26
Alok Sharma urged countries to honour the Paris climate accord agreed in 2015.
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