Calls to halt plans for Cork gas terminal grow
December 5st, 2019
Calls for
the annulment of plans to import liquefied natural gas to Cork became more
prominent this week following the passing of a Green...
Ireland needs to step up climate funding for poorer countries
December 3rd, 2019
Ireland’s contribution to funding climate projects in developing countries must increase six-fold in order for the State to appropriately pay its way...
Record CO2 levels driven by acclerating gas use, data reveals
December 4th, 2019
Global CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2019 as the decline in coal is offset by accelerating growth in natural gas and...
WMO: Earth hazardously heading toward 3°C increase by 2100
December 3rd, 2019
Average temperatures over the past decade are almost certain to be the highest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization...
Europe’s biodiversity loss as ‘catastrophic’ as climate change, watchdog warns
December 4th, 2019
Europe is failing across the board to protect the natural world and continues to face environmental challenges on an unprecedented scale, the...
Gov’t ‘squandered’ opportunity for proper consultation on long-term climate strategy
December 3rd, 2019
The Government has shown either “gross incompetence” or is trying to stymie scrutiny of its climate policy by failing to hold a...
Missed opportunity for societal dialogue on climate crisis
December 3rd,
2019
Last Wednesday, the Department of Climate Action and the Environment
(DCCAE) launched a public
consultation on Ireland’s long-term strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, containing...
Students ‘sick, tired and scared’ of climate inaction excuses from leaders
November 29th, 2019
Students came out in numbers
today in the capital to demand once more that the government take greater
action on addressing the climate crisis.
The...
Climate strikers in Cork call for end to State’s gas support
November 29th, 2019
Teenage
climate strikers in Cork brought the city’s traffic to a standstill today,
demanding the end of support for proposed gas importation projects in...
Ireland must do more to meet EU climate objective
November 29th, 2019
Ireland must do more
before the end of the year in order to meet the European Union’s climate action
objectives, a new study has...
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