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The EU proposal will do much to restore trust between north and south

EU proposal the game-changer at COP27

The agreement by the 194 countries at COP27 to agree to setting up a new Loss and Damage Fund to channel money from the wealthier and developed world to the most vulnerable is an amazing achievement.

Analysis and Comment • 21 Nov 22

Climate activists at the COP27 conference in Egypt

COP27 climate talks extended into the weekend

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan, who is the EU Ministerial Representative on crucial loss and damage talks at the COP27 summit, said it is "not certain we'll get a deal across the line".

COP27 • 18 Nov 22

As far as the COP27 is concerned, Lula is the man who campaigned to save the Amazon rainforest, and won

Lula welcomed like climate action hero at COP27

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Ignacio Lula Da Silva is the climate action equivalent of a global rock star.

Analysis and Comment • 17 Nov 22

The issue of loss and damages is proving difficult

COP27: Ryan represents EU, Lula calls for compensation

Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has joined calls at COP27 for the creation of a fund to compensate developing countries, while Eamon Ryan has been asked to be the EU Ministerial Representative on crucial talks on Loss and Damage at the summit.

Environment • 16 Nov 22

COP27 has exposed deep divisions between wealthy polluters and nations vulnerable to the most ferocious climate impacts (file pic)

EU supports COP27 call to phase down all fossil fuels

The European Union supports a call by India to phase down fossil fuel use as part of a COP27 deal, the bloc's climate policy chief Frans Timmermans has said, provided it does not weaken previous agreements on reducing the use of coal.

World • 15 Nov 22

Participants tour the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre in Egypt

Brazil, Indonesia, DR Congo sign deforestation pact

The world's biggest rainforest nations Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo have formally launched a climate partnership to work together on conservation.

COP27 • 14 Nov 22

Former president Mary Robinson discusses climate justice in Washington DC earlier this year

Robinson tells wealthy countries to 'step up' at COP27

Former president Mary Robinson took aim at G20 industrialised nations as she arrived at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt today.

Climate Change • 12 Nov 22

Irish hip-hop artist The Accidental Rapper uses music to tackle society's biggest issues

Activist uses hip-hop and rap to convey climate message

For as long as people have been writing songs, music has been used to tackle society's biggest issues.

Climate Change • 11 Nov 22

Joe Biden addressing the COP27 summit earlier today

'Life of the planet' at stake - Biden tells COP27

US President Joe Biden has addressed the COP27 climate conference in Egypt and said the global climate crisis poses an existential threat to the planet.

World • 11 Nov 22

Global CO2 emissions from all sources will top out at 40.6 billion tonnes, projections for 2022 show

CO2 pollution from fossil fuels to rise again in 2022

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise 1% in 2022 to reach an all-time high, scientists said at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.

World • 11 Nov 22

For the first time ever, this tool allows people to identify and target the biggest polluters or the most inefficient production facilities

Emissions data a powerful tool in climate change fight

A complete inventory of the most significant greenhouse gas emission sites in 241 countries has been unveiled at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.

Analysis and Comment • 10 Nov 22

Dublin Airport was the specific source for just over one million tonnes of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in 2021

Dublin Airport largest Irish polluter last year - data

According to the data unveiled at COP27, Dublin Airport was the specific source for just over one million tonnes of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in 2021.

Ireland • 09 Nov 22

Eamon Ryan speaks to the media as he arrived for the Cabinet meeting

Ryan defends Government pledges at COP27

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has defended the Government's climate change pledges at COP27.

Ireland • 09 Nov 22

Today the focus will shift to the theme of climate finance - the cornerstone for implementing climate actions and scaling up ambition

COP27: $1 trillion of climate finance needed by 2025

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will represent the Irish Government at several high-level meetings and events at the COP27 climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh today.

World • 09 Nov 22

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that leaders must take action or future generations 'will not forgive them'

'Let us not waste a second more' - Taoiseach at COP27

The Taoiseach has told world leaders at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt that Ireland will do everything in its power to ensure a sustainable planet.

World • 08 Nov 22

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressing the press in Egypt

We're on a highway to climate hell, UN boss tells COP27

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe.

COP27 • 08 Nov 22

Micheál Martin will outline Ireland's climate priorities during his two-day visit

Quicker delivery of climate pledges needed - Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned that time is running out to take action on climate change and that the delivery of pledges needs to be accelerated.

COP27 • 07 Nov 22

Glacier melt has accelerated, along with sea level rise, torrential rains and heatwaves

Last eight years on track to be warmest on record - UN

Each of the last eight years, if projections for 2022 hold, will be hotter than any prior to 2015, the UN has said, detailing a dramatic increase in the rate of global warming.

Weather • 06 Nov 22

An aerial view in September of the almost dried up Zernek Dam in Gurpinar district of Van, Turkey

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change

At the COP 27 conference in Egypt, delegates will be relying on decades of scientific research published by the UN climate science agency to inform their decisions about future energy plans and warming trajectories.

COP27 • 06 Nov 22

Vegan activists outside the conference venue

COP27 opens with warning against 'backsliding'

The UN's COP27 climate summit got under way in Egypt with warnings against backsliding on efforts to cut emissions and calls for rich nations to compensate poor countries after a year of extreme weather disasters.

Climate Change • 06 Nov 22

John Kerry said wealthy nations need to 'step up' to move away from fossil fuels

US envoy in call to wealthy countries over fossil fuels

The world's wealthier countries need to "step up" to help poorer nations transition away from fossil fuels and adapt to the impact of climate change, US envoy John Kerry has said.

Climate Change • 05 Nov 22

Young Irish delegates' discuss their hopes and fears for COP27

Young Irish delegates' hopes and fears for COP27

On Sunday, representatives from nearly every country on Earth will come together in Egypt to coordinate global climate action for the next year.

Climate Change • 04 Nov 22

Rishi Sunak said in the House of Commons that Suella Braverman made an 'error of judgment' but that 'she recognised her mistake'

Sunak defends Braverman amid calls for her to be fired

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has defended Home Secretary Suella Braverman amid calls for her to be fired.

UK • 02 Nov 22

Vodafone said it will be working alongside the Egyptian government to provide advanced telecommunications

Vodafone first partner for COP27 UN climate conference

Vodafone has been announced as the first principal partner for the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference being hosted in Sharm-el-Sheikh by the Egyptian government in November.

Business • 24 Aug 22

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