# CLIMATE CRISIS

Last year

2022

Opinion: We are all climate reporters now

The public is telling the media what it wants, writes Dr David Robbins, and that is trustworthy, engaging climate coverage.

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Jun 15th 2022, 9:30 AM

# Power

MEPs signal discontent at proposal to label gas and nuclear as 'sustainable' energy sources

Two EU committees have formally objected to the contentious proposal from the European Commission.

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Jun 14th 2022, 3:24 PM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

Scientists use satellite data to detect offshore methane leak for the first time

Methane is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the global rise in temperatures to date.

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Jun 12th 2022, 5:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: EU moves to tackle food insecurity cannot be at the expense of others

Ukraine conflict has exacerbated Covid disruptions and rising costs of energy and fertilisers – and not just in the EU.

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Jun 11th 2022, 9:30 AM

# Hot Water

Department of Environment reports worst progress on Climate Action Plan of any department

Only 59% of climate measures that were due to be completed by March were delivered.

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Jun 9th 2022, 2:54 PM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

EU Parliament rejects emissions trading reform over 'watering-down' by right-wing parties

MEPs also voted to back a European Commission proposal for a total ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035.

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Jun 8th 2022, 8:05 PM

# Climate Change

The Good Information Podcast: Climate change - are our targets even ambitious enough?

It’s the issue of our time, and we almost certainly aren’t doing enough.

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Jun 6th 2022, 4:34 PM

# the road to 2030

‘Particular concern' over agri sector's plan to cut emissions as key details still missing

The sector must give more detail on how it will reduce methane emissions in particular, an EPA report said this week.

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Jun 3rd 2022, 10:00 PM

# Greenhouse Gases

Ireland's emissions rose last year as 'significant gap' remains between ambition and action

Ireland’s overall emissions are estimated to have increased by 6% in 2021 after a drop in 2020.

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Jun 1st 2022, 4:05 PM

# Down Under

Agri-reliant countries must pave way for cutting agriculture emissions, says New Zealand expert

No sector can yet say it is doing enough to fight the climate crisis, according to a climate ambassador.

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May 17th 2022, 6:45 AM

# Hunger

Conflict, climate crisis and Covid-19 escalate child malnutrition emergency - UNICEF

One in every five deaths around the world in children under age 5 is caused by severe acute malnutrition, according to a new report.

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May 17th 2022, 6:15 AM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

Climate action must ‘take the world back from the abyss it is heading towards’ - Taoiseach

The Taoiseach said he is concerned not everyone “really gets a sense of how serious this is”.

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May 12th 2022, 2:44 PM

# In the heat of it

Persistent heatwave in India and Pakistan highlights climate crisis devastation

The extended hot and dry weather has consequences for water shortages, energy supply, and air quality.

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May 11th 2022, 8:00 PM

# factfind

FactFind: Will planned turf regulations reduce air pollution?

Turf and other solid fuels contribute to air pollution – which can have damaging health effects.

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May 6th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Fossil Fuels

Energy consumption and emissions make post-pandemic jump

As restrictions lifted in 2021, energy use and related emissions moved in the opposite direction of climate goals.

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May 4th 2022, 2:56 PM

# Fossil Fuels

Climate protesters arrested in Scotland over blockading of oil terminal

The activists demand that the British Government ends new oil and gas projects in the UK.

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May 3rd 2022, 10:24 PM

# Decline

At least one in five reptile species threatened by extinction in biodiversity crisis

Before now, researchers did not have a comprehensive picture of the risk to reptiles.

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Apr 27th 2022, 9:59 PM

# turf wars

Removing turf-cutting from rural Ireland would be like removing wine from the French - Varadkar

Concerns were raised about turf not being available for sale in shops, particularly given the energy crisis and rising inflation.

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Apr 13th 2022, 6:45 PM

# Fuel Poverty

Government measures to cut fuel costs should be 'better focused', climate advisory body says

A letter from the Climate Change Advisory Council said the war in Ukraine and energy crisis “further emphasises” the need to cut fossil fuel reliance.

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Apr 13th 2022, 12:13 PM

# Climate

NI and Republic should co-operate more on climate change, new report urges

It also calls for more investment in an all-island energy network and as more co-operation on tourism.

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Apr 12th 2022, 7:25 AM

# Climate

'Only the beginning': Ireland's first-ever carbon budgets pass through the Dáil

A motion to approve the budgets passed through the Dáil without a vote due to little opposition.

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Apr 7th 2022, 9:26 AM

# just transition

Government response to climate crisis ‘inadequate’, Ivana Bacik says

Micheál Martin said a Just Transition Commission would be set up at the end of the year.

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Apr 5th 2022, 5:43 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you plan to take shorter showers to cut costs and save energy?

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said yesterday that “energy efficiency makes sense at any time”.

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Apr 5th 2022, 11:57 AM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

How can citizens take climate action? Avoid long-haul flights and eat less meat, UN experts say

“Avoid, shift, improve” are ways individuals can curb climate emissions, a landmark UN report said.

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Apr 4th 2022, 10:28 PM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

'We're at a crossroads': Major UN climate report charts pathways to save the planet

The latest IPCC report says removing fossil fuel subsidies would reduce emissions and benefit the environment.

The important report outlines the measures still open to countries to stop the climate crisis from destroying our planet.

IPCC chair Dr Hoesung Lee said: “We have the tools and know-how required to limit warming."

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Apr 4th 2022, 4:02 PM

# Not too late

UN report to lay out the last-ditch choices still open to the world to stop the climate crisis

The latest IPCC report will likely emphasise the impetus on the world to cut greenhouse gas emissions to save the planet.

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Apr 4th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Wildfire

'Incredibly difficult' to prosecute people for starting illegal fires, Heritage Minister says

Malcolm Noonan yesterday condemned an illegal 300-hectare fire in Wicklow Mountains National Park.

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Apr 1st 2022, 9:15 AM

# newsletter

Temperature Check: It's been a hell of a week at the North and South poles

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

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Mar 26th 2022, 8:00 PM

# Climate Change

Hundreds of climate protesters gather across island of Ireland

A rally closed off one side of Merrion Square in Dublin, as protesters gathered to demand urgent action to tackle climate change.

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Mar 25th 2022, 5:26 PM

# Climate Change

Antarctica hits record temperatures, experts say

Well above normal temperatures have been recorded recently in both the Arctic and Antarctica.

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Mar 21st 2022, 4:38 PM

# Oil and Gas

Ireland can 'take on this Putin regime' by cutting Russian fossil fuel imports, Eamon Ryan says

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said today that “addiction to fossil fuels is mutually assured destruction”.

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Mar 21st 2022, 1:49 PM

# Crises

'We have energy security issues': EU's battle to cut Russian gas, quit fossil fuels, and protect supply

The Journal spoke to Irish MEPs about what they believe must be done to reduce energy dependency on Russia while also protecting the climate and supply.

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Mar 18th 2022, 8:00 AM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

Climate change: What can Ireland learn from the most recent IPCC report?

Europe, along with most of the rest of the world, will be impacted by temperature increases, water scarcity, sea level rise and more floods.

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Mar 7th 2022, 8:30 PM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

Amazon rainforest reaching ‘tipping point’ faster than expected, research shows

A new paper said three-quarters of the Amazon is showing dwindling resilience against droughts and other adverse weather events.

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Mar 7th 2022, 4:47 PM

# net zero

FactFind: How can petrol and diesel be called 'carbon neutral'?

Applegreen sells a ‘carbon neutral’ driving option at pumps – how does that work?

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Mar 2nd 2022, 12:05 AM

# Climate Report

IPCC findings not 'doom and gloom' but a wake-up call to act on climate, report author says

Prof Richard Dawson contributed to the sections on cities and said coastal areas will be increasingly threatened in the years ahead.

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Feb 28th 2022, 7:00 PM

# Climate Change

New climate change report issues 'dire warning about the consequences of inaction'

Climate change is already disrupting people’s lives in multiple ways across different parts of the world.

Climate change is disrupting people's lives in multiple ways across different parts of the world.

The impacts of climate change will intensify in the coming decades.

But it is not too late to take drastic action and prevent the worst-case scenarios.

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Feb 28th 2022, 11:00 AM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

Climate change: Major new IPCC report to set out importance of urgent action

The report with the latest evidence on the impacts of climate change will be released at 11am.

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Feb 28th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Global Warming

Wildfires getting worse worldwide and governments are unprepared – UN report

The report said nations spend too much time and money fighting fires rather than preventing them.

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Feb 23rd 2022, 9:54 AM

# Climate

Jet stream behind recent storms has gotten closer to Ireland over 141-year period, study finds

The jet stream brought the three storms to Ireland and the UK last week.

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Feb 22nd 2022, 5:24 PM