Why is the State in the dock over climate policy?

January 22nd, 2019 On October 23, 2017, Friends of the Irish Environment (FiE) obtained permission from the High Court to proceed with an unprecedented environmental...

Electric cars will not stop rising oil demand, says energy agency chief

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Climate Case Ireland: ‘Climate plan not designed to reduce emissions’

January 22nd, 2019 The State’s key climate plan is not designed to achieve substantial emissions reductions needed to tackle runaway global temperatures, the High Court...

The Carbon Brief Interview: Prof Qi Ye

Prof Qi Ye is director of the Institute for Public Policy at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was previously director and...

Climate Case Ireland: ‘Riding on crest of global wave of climate litigation’

January 22nd, 2019 When young people are asked why they are involved in climate activism, it strikes me as a confusing question. Before we started to...

Gamekeeper and poacher: the schizophrenic nature of DCCAE

January 21st, 2019 The Department of Climate Action and the Environment (DCCAE) has a popular nickname among environmental activists: the Department of Climate Inaction. During this...

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