China will stop funding coal projects overseas, says Xi China will stop funding coal projects overseas, President Xi Jinping has said, ending a major source of support for a dirty energy contributing to climate ... Climate • 21 Sep
Summer wildfires emit record amount of CO2 Wildfires in Siberia, North America and around the Mediterranean caused record levels of planet-warming CO2 emissions this summer, the European Union's Earth monitoring service said. World • 21 Sep
World on 'catastrophic' path to 2.7C warming: UN chief A failure to slash global emissions is setting the world on a "catastrophic" path to 2.7 degrees Celsius heating, UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned. World • 17 Sep
Report warns world is off course for climate targets Concentrations of major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continued to increase last year and during the first half of this year, and the pandemic did ... Environment • 16 Sep
Firms who don't take ESG seriously won't survive - Hunt The chief executive of AIB has said he thinks the greatest challenge facing this generation is climate change and companies that don't take it seriously ... Business • 15 Sep
Tallaght Amazon data centre heat to be used in homes Dubliners have been given a chance to inspect the progress of Tallaght's pilot District Heating Scheme as part of the Dublin Climate Action Week. Dublin • 13 Sep
Sea of plastic: Med pollution under spotlight Plastic packaging and discarded fishing nets bob in the tranquil waters of the Mediterranean, signs of the pollution that has stirred strong feelings at the ... World • 08 Sep
28% of species surveyed by IUCN at risk of extinction About 28% of the 138,000 species assessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for its survival watchlist are now at risk ... Climate • 04 Sep
Deadly floods expose dangers of New York's basements The deaths of almost a dozen New Yorkers who could not escape their homes during flash flooding has exposed the perils of living in the ... World • 04 Sep
30% of global tree species threatened with extinction Around a third of all the world's tree species are threatened with extinction, according to a global index published today, warning that climate change could ... Climate • 01 Sep
Nearly 1 in 3 tree species at risk of extinction Nearly one in three tree species are at risk of extinction, largely due to agriculture, logging and livestock farming, a report warns. News Lens • 01 Sep
2020 was Europe's hottest year on record - study Last year was Europe's warmest on record by a large margin, according to the latest in an annual series of global climate reports. Climate Change • 26 Aug
Lidl Ireland aiming for carbon neutrality by 2025 The Irish and Northern Irish arm of German supermarket chain Lidl has committed to becoming carbon neutral within four years' time. Business • 24 Aug
Warning over risk of severe hunger in Afghanistan The combined effects of war and drought linked to global warming have put one-third of Afghanistan's population - 14 million people - at risk of ... World • 20 Aug
No child will escape impact of climate change - UN The world's children cannot afford more empty promises at this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference, youth activists including Greta Thunberg have said, after a ... World • 20 Aug
Europe's southernmost glacier at risk of disappearing The Calderone ice formation in central Italy once laid claim to being the southernmost glacier in Europe - before it shrank and split into much-diminished ... News Lens • 14 Aug
July was hottest month globally on record - US data July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said, in the latest data to underline the climate ... Climate Change • 13 Aug
New heat record in Italy as anticyclone sweeps in Regional authorities in Sicily recorded temperatures of 48.8C today as an anticyclone dubbed "Lucifer" swept the country, which, if confirmed, would be a new Italy ... World • 11 Aug
UN climate report 'final wake-up call', activists warn Climate change is widespread, rapid and intensifying, according to an influential UN report released today. Ireland • 09 Aug
Climate change making Med a 'wildfire hotspot' - EU The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot, with Turkey hit by its most intense blazes on record and a heatwave producing a high risk of ... Climate Change • 04 Aug
UK 'to hit 40C regularly' if planet warms by 1.5C Summers in the UK are likely to regularly see temperatures of above 40C, even if humanity manages to limit global warming to 1.5C, leading meteorologists ... Climate Change • 29 Jul
Earth's 'vital signs' worsening, researchers say The global economy's business-as-usual approach to climate change has seen Earth's "vital signs" deteriorate to record levels, an influential group of scientists has said, warning ... World • 28 Jul
High heatwaves caused by pace of warming, study finds Heatwaves that obliterate temperature records as in western Canada last month and Siberia last year are caused by the rapid pace, rather than the amount, ... Climate Change • 26 Jul
Starving children in Madagascar have 'no energy to cry' The United Nations' food agency has warned that climate change has pushed Madagascar to the brink of famine. World • 23 Jul
Climate change sees Swiss Alps add 1,000 lakes - study Climate change has dramatically altered the Swiss Alp landscape - at a quicker pace than expected - as melting glaciers have created more than 1,000 ... Climate • 19 Jul
