The UN climate action summit – live
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Explainer: How climate change is accelerating sea level rise
Sea level rise (SLR) is one of the most severe impacts of climate change, with rising waters threatening to inundate small-island nations and coastal...
Banks will subject $2.9 trillion in assets to climate testing
Mortgages and other products will be assessed using a global standard for the first time, allowing banks to encourage behaviour change
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Tallaght wetland destruction a ‘punch in the gut’
September 22nd, 2019
The destruction of a popular wetland in the centre of Tallaght is a “punch in the gut” for the local community and...
‘Three million’ join students in climate marches, building pressure on leaders
Organisers said record numbers marched in countries around the world, sending a clear message to politicians meeting in New York
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Germany announces host of new measures to bring down CO2
Cross party deal set targets for every sector but was criticised for setting a low carbon price and failing to chart a course for...
Analysis: Record-low price for UK offshore wind cheaper than existing gas plants by 2023
The UK is to get its first subsidy-free offshore windfarms after the government awarded contracts today for nearly 6 gigawatts (GW) of capacity, at...
Climate strikers tell Leo to listen up to prevent climate catastrophe
September 20th, 2019
Teenage
climate activists took to the streets of Cork today to urge the Taoiseach and the
Minister for Climate Action to “listen” to their...
New peat regulations inconsistent with EU law must be dissolved
September 20th, 2019
The High Court has ruled that new regulations to take large-scale
peat extraction outside of the Irish planning regime are inconsistent with European
environmental...
‘Worse Than Anyone Expected’: Air Travel Emissions Vastly Outpace Predictions
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