Young climate leaders mobilise at UN summit A day after youth-led global climate strikes, several hundred young activists including Greta Thunberg gathered for a climate summit at the United Nations, hitting out ... Environment • 21 Sep 19
Colourful activism: The placards of the climate strike There's an energy and creativity characterising protests in the capital this year, and it's down to the young people playing a key role, as Emma ... Ireland • 21 Sep 19
Students lead global protests over climate change From the Solomon Islands to New York's Wall Street, millions of students and workers abandoned schools and offices today to demand urgent action to stop ... World • 20 Sep 19
Largest ever polar expedition to probe Arctic climate A team of scientists from 19 countries is about to set off for the Arctic aiming to freeze their ship into the polar ice for ... World • 20 Sep 19
Germany to spend €100bn on climate plan Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has reached a deal on a broad climate plan for Germany that commits at least €100bn by 2030 to environmental protection, ... World • 20 Sep 19
The struggle to be environmentally sustainable As millions of people around the world take part in the Global Day of Action on Climate Change, big businesses are announcing sweeping environmentally-friendly plans. Business • 20 Sep 19
Main IKEA retailer expects to pass renewable energy aim Ingka Group, which owns most IKEA stores, will by year's end exceed its 2020 target to produce as much renewable energy as the energy it ... Business • 20 Sep 19
Climate Change Mitigation Plan ruled constitutional The High Court has ruled that the Government's 2017 National Climate Change Mitigation Plan did not violate constitutional rights of Irish citizens. Ireland • 19 Sep 19
Trump revokes California's right to set emissions limit US President Donald Trump has announced that his administration is revoking California's authority to set its own stricter exhaust emissions standards, days before a major ... World • 18 Sep 19
US withdrawal from Paris Agreement 'myopic' - President President Michael D Higgins has described the decision of the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as "profoundly myopic and ... Ireland • 17 Sep 19
Greta Thunberg leads teen protest outside White House Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who has shot to global fame for inspiring worldwide student strikes to promote action against climate change, has taken her mission ... World • 14 Sep 19
Fires destroying forests from Amazon to Indonesia With fierce fires raging in jungles from the Amazon to Indonesia, concerns are mounting about the impact as rainforests play a vital role in protecting ... News Lens • 13 Sep 19
Indonesia, Australia fires stoke global warming fears The number of blazes in Indonesia has jumped sharply, while bushfires are also sweeping across eastern Australia in an unusually early start to the wildfire ... World • 12 Sep 19
Germany to ban single-use plastic shopping bags Germany plans to ban single-use plastic bags from next year, joining a growing movement to fight global pollution, the environment minister has said. World • 06 Sep 19
'We are losing the Arctic as we know it' The Wahlenberg glacier in Norway's Svalbard archipelago is calving icebergs at an increasing rate because of warming ocean waters, according to the international director of ... News Lens • 05 Sep 19
Thunberg joins hundreds of teens at UN protest Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg has joined hundreds of other teenagers protesting outside the United Nations today in her first demonstration on US soil ... World • 30 Aug 19
Ocean levels steadily rising, warn UN climate report The same oceans that nourished human evolution are poised to unleash misery on a global scale unless the carbon pollution destabilising Earth's marine environment is ... Youth Assembly • 29 Aug 19
Draft UN report warns of rising seas, storm surges Humanity should brace itself for serious blowback over the next few centuries from oceans and Earth's frozen zones, according to the draft of a major ... Environment • 29 Aug 19
'Industry central to Ireland's climate action targets' The government has advised industry that the environment needs to move higher up their agenda if businesses want to remain competitive. Business • 29 Aug 19
Climate change activists threaten drones at Heathrow British climate change activists said they would fly toy drones at London's Heathrow airport from September 13, a step that is likely to ground all ... Business • 29 Aug 19
Climate change to hit countries 'regardless of wealth' Climate change will damage the economies of countries whether they are rich or poor, hot or cold by the year 2100, economists have said in ... Environment • 21 Aug 19
Australia accused of diluting climate warning A Pacific summit has descended into tears, recriminations and shouting between pro-coal Australia and low-lying island nations facing an existential threat from climate change. World • 16 Aug 19
State electric vehicle funding insufficient - review Funding set aside in the Government's long-term capital investment plan to encourage a changeover to electric vehicles (EV) will be exhausted in just two years ... Business • 15 Aug 19
Climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for NYC Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has set sail for New York, heading to a UN summit on a zero-emissions yacht skippered by a member of ... World • 14 Aug 19
Germany considering issuing debt for climate protection Germany is mulling a fiscal policy U-turn and considering ditching its long cherished balanced budget goal by issuing new debt to finance a costly climate ... Business • 08 Aug 19