# CLIMATE CRISIS

Last year

2022

# Breakdown

Explainer: Here's how (and why) sectors are being told to cut their emissions

There’s been push and pull within government over the limits, especially in relation to agriculture.

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Jul 20th 2022, 6:30 AM

# Green Ceilings

Eamon Ryan says sectoral emissions limits to 'hopefully' be done by end of month

The targets were first outlined last November in the Climate Action Plan.

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Jul 17th 2022, 2:31 PM

# Forest fires

Pilot killed after firefighting plane crashes in Portugal

A heatwave has left much of southwestern Europe sweltering over the past week.

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Jul 15th 2022, 11:03 PM

# Climate Change

Wildfires spreading in European countries hit by second heatwave in a matter of weeks

Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change.

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Jul 14th 2022, 10:23 PM

# hot hot hot

Intense heat incoming as Met Éireann warns climate change raises chance of record-breaking temps

Temperatures could reach over 30 in some areas and may bring a ‘tropical night’.

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Jul 14th 2022, 11:26 AM

# malnutrition

Kenya drought: Children going hungry and women needing to 'beg' for support for the first time

An inside look at a malnutrition clinic for women and children in Northern Kenya.

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Jul 10th 2022, 12:05 AM

# search for water

'The conflict takes two forms': How worsening droughts are fuelling tensions in Kenya

In times of drought, farmers move their animals to look for water and pasture. This can create a rift with crop farmers.

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Jul 4th 2022, 9:02 PM

# july weather

Mostly dry and cloudy week ahead but temperatures set to hit mid-20s

Met Éireann said this week will be cloudy but the weather will become warmer towards the end of the week.

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Jul 4th 2022, 7:16 PM

# Biodiversity

'The ocean is not a rubbish dump': UN tells leaders to take action on protecting seas

At the heart of a draft biodiversity treaty is a plan to designate 30% of land and oceans as protected zones by 2030.

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Jul 1st 2022, 10:32 PM

# Climate Failure

US Supreme Court limits government powers to curb greenhouse gases

The decision sets back Biden’s hopes of using the EPA to bring down emissions to meet global climate goals.

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Jun 30th 2022, 4:18 PM

# waiting for the rain

'All of the animals will die': Kenyan farmers in crisis during worst drought in 40 years

Concern brought The Journal and other media to Kenya to report on the impacts of drought.

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Jun 29th 2022, 7:58 PM

# Energy

G7 countries disappoint with 'loophole' for fossil fuel financing

Leaders agreed to allow public investment in new international fossil fuel projects under certain conditions.

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Jun 28th 2022, 4:50 PM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

European countries are seeking alternatives to Russian gas – and now some are looking towards coal.

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Jun 24th 2022, 3:55 PM

# European Union

The Good Information Podcast: The EU and You - how can Irish citizens steer Europe's course?

Where is the EU leading us on climate and common defence?

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Jun 22nd 2022, 10:43 AM

# CLIMATE CRISIS

Europe heatwaves: Ireland unlikely to see 40+ degrees 'anytime soon', climate expert says

Countries like Spain and France have been experiencing a blistering June heatwave.

Heatwaves occurring earlier in the year can be expected with climate change.

But Ireland will not see the intense heat of 40+ degrees "anytime soon", an expert said.

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Jun 22nd 2022, 12:05 AM

# Greenhouse Gases

Emissions limits for sectors due to be signed off before Dáil summer recess

The legally binding limits will set out the total emissions allowed from different sectors such as electricity and agriculture.

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Jun 20th 2022, 1:59 PM

# scorching

Spain sizzles in unseasonal heatwave for second time in two months

Temperature warnings are in place for most of the country with highs of more than 40 degrees, an unusual sight for June.

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Jun 15th 2022, 2:46 PM

Voices

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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