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# CLIMATE CRISIS

Last year
2023
Cabinet to hear proposal for Storm Babet flood relief scheme that could give businesses up to €100,000
New research finds climate change is 'evident' in Ireland's weather records
Greta Thunberg charged with public order offence after London climate protest
Disasters in last 30 years have caused losses of $3.8 trillion in crops and livestock
Climate 'countdown clock' report launched ahead of key UN talks
77 people die in floods in India after glacial lake bursts
Emissions of Abu Dhabi oil company owned by COP28 President to increase more than 40% by 2030
September was hottest on record by 'extraordinary' margin, EU climate monitor says
Algal blooms raise 'alarm bell' at Blessington Lake in wake of Lough Neagh disaster
From heatwave to Storm Agnes: Both rainfall and temperatures above September average
Wind power temporarily outpaced electricity demand yesterday for the first time in Ireland
Irish lawyers represent six young people taking 32 countries to court over climate inaction
Ireland's air quality last year was below WHO standards for human health
Ex-UN climate chief has 'lost patience' with fossil fuel industry
Rishi Sunak's U-turn on climate slammed as 'chucking the environment into a political fire'
Energy security review to find 'short-term' back-up gas storage needed for Ireland
Citizens' assembly on biodiversity loss had 'no urban-rural divide' in forming recommendations
Experts had warned for decades about dams that burst killing thousands
UN says thousands of Libya flood deaths could have been avoided
Traffic to be diverted from congested quays under proposed rehaul of Dublin city centre roads
Small islands take case to protect oceans from climate change to UN court
Farmer: Irish farming is connected with nature - we are not the enemy
Vincent Roddy
€5.7 billion in fossil fuel business being funnelled through Ireland to the Global South
Lung conditions will be made worse by climate change, say respiratory experts
Government gets 'C+' in climate action as scientists say progress is good but not enough
Hot water from Poolbeg Incinerator to heat over 50,000 buildings from 2025
Opinion: So, it's now forbidden to tweet about reducing meat consumption - in a climate crisis?
Dr Catherine Conlon
Tens of thousands ordered to evacuate as Canadian firefighters continue to battle wildfires
Met Éireann told forecasters that Ireland needs to prepare for more extreme weather
'Ninety-nine percent' chance that 2023 will be hottest year of modern records
Irish climate activist: How my Just Stop Oil arrest gives me hope for the future
Dr Genevieve Shanahan
Major climate summit attendees asked to disclose affiliations after anger over fossil fuel lobbying
Opinion: As we move to a fairer and greener future we cannot forget those on the margins
Sorley McCaughey
No climate agreement on peaking emissions at G20 environment meeting
Pádraic Fogarty: 'Farmers' power has seeped like a smothering fog through Irish politics'
Pádraic Fogarty
G20 environment ministers prepare for fresh bid for climate deals
Important ocean current system could collapse by mid-century
Four departments were responsible for one climate action each last quarter - and failed to finish
Ireland will blow through carbon budgets without 'urgent' action - climate council
Climate activists set off smoke flare at Open Championship golf tournament