In-depth Q&A: Will China’s emissions trading scheme help tackle climate change?
After a decade of preparation, China’s national emissions trading scheme (ETS) officially enters the operational phase in 2021, with trading due to start by...
Opinion: Minister must take control of Ireland’s illegal fishing activities
24 June 2021
Next Monday 28th June, our Minister for
Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue will decide, jointly with
his European peers, how fishing...
CCC: UK will miss climate goals by ‘huge margin’ without new policies
The UK government has once again failed to come forward with sufficient policies to meet the ambition of its climate goals, according to the...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #25, 2021
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Anthropogenic and climatic contributions to observed carbon system trends in the Northeast Pacific Franco et al Global Biogeochemical Cycles...
Organic farming needs significant increase in funding, Committee told
23 June 2021
Organic farming
must see a significant increase in funding in order to reach Government-set
targets, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action heard...
EPA: Ireland will fail to meet 2020 climate targets
22 June 2021
Ireland will fail to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions
reduction targets, according to The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The EPA noted...
Social media isn’t just affecting humans. It’s having an impact our wildlife, too.
22 June 2021
A social media trend has threatened local duck populations over the past
weeks and campaigners fear the development is part of a...
Making climate impact science more accessible to the public: ISIpedia launch
This is a re-post from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research based on their press release about the new Inter-Sectoral Impacts Encyclopedia -...
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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, the latest spacecraft to monitor sea surface height, releases its first science measurements to users.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, the latest...
Guest post: Why CO2 removal is not equal and opposite to reducing emissions
In recent years, countries, companies and institutions around the world have set “net-zero” emissions targets as part of efforts to tackle climate change.
The requirement...
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