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Brown Thomas Arnotts commits to climate targets

Brown Thomas Arnotts is to stop selling beauty products that contain glitter from the start of next month, as part of a fresh commitment to science-based climate targets.

Business • 04 Mar 21

More than 75 heads of state are expected to announce renewed emissions-cutting targets or signal great intent to help the most vulnerable nations deal with increasingly frequent climate disasters

Countries must declare 'climate emergency' - UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on governments to declare a "state of climate emergency" and make good on their promises to slash carbon pollution as they recover from the pandemic.

World • 12 Dec 20

Michael D Higgins is due to address to the United Nations General Assembly later today

Higgins urges US to reconsider Paris accord withdrawal

President Michael D Higgins has stated his "profound disappointment" at the US decision to exit the Paris Agreement.

World • 25 Sep 19

CO2 emissions in 2018 from coal used to generate power surpassed 10 billion tonnes for the first time

2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble: IEA

A 2.3% jump in global energy demand last year outstripped the expansion of renewables and helped drive record-high greenhouse gas emissions, according to the International Energy Agency.

Environment • 26 Mar 19

The Paris Climate Agreement aimed to maintain increases in global temperatures below 2C

Warning over 'runaway warming' due to carbon emissions

An essay published in 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' warns that a combination of melting ice, warming seas, shifting currents and dying forests could tilt the Earth into a "hothouse" state.

Climate Change • 07 Aug 18

Christine Lagarde was speaking at conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

IMF chief warns of 'dark future' over climate change

The world will be in deep trouble if it fails to tackle climate change and inequality, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has warned.

News • 24 Oct 17

Birds fly over the dry reservoir bed of Tunisia's El-Haouareb dam as the region experiences severe drought conditions

US will join climate change talks during Paris exit

The US State Department has officially informed the United Nations it will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, but left the door open to re-engaging if the terms improved for the United States.

US • 05 Aug 17

Paris Climate Agreement