SUSTAINABILITY & CLIMATE

Your home  for the latest news, features, opinions and analysis on the issues of Sustainability and Climate from across the various Irish Examiner topic desks and their team of specialist writers and columnists.

SUSTAINABILITY & CLIMATE

Your home  for the latest news, features, opinions and analysis on the issues of Sustainability and Climate from across the various Irish Examiner topic desks and their team of specialist writers and columnists.

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Biden COP27 Climate Summit
ieExplains: Cop28 starts this week. But what is it? Here's everything you need to know
Cop kicks off on Thursday. But what is it? 

Thu, 30 Nov, 2023

Cruises on the Shannon
EPA wants increased farm checks
To monitor that there is no spreading of soiled water, slurry, or fertiliser in the closed season

Thu, 30 Nov, 2023

Flight100
Cop28: There are no quick techno-fixes for climate crisis
The reality is that that humanity is over-consuming finite resources and, in the process, heating up the planet dangerously while creating an epic global pollution crisis, writes John Gibbons

Thu, 30 Nov, 2023

Stade Rochelais Captain's Run
Ronan O'Gara admits asthma left him surviving not thriving as a child 
Former rugby international was speaking at Asthma Society of Ireland event

Wed, 29 Nov, 2023

Meat industry,meats hanging in the cold store. Cattles cut and hanged on hook in a slaughterhouse. Halal cutting.
Plans to present meat as ‘sustainable nutrition’ at Cop28 revealed
Documents show industry intends to go ‘full force’ in arguing meat is beneficial to the environment at climate summit

Wed, 29 Nov, 2023

Dublin city centre incident
Irish Examiner view: One more crisis could end Helen McEntee's tenure
The unprecedented scenes on the streets of Dublin last week heaped pressure on Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and Minister for Justice Helen McEntee.

Wed, 29 Nov, 2023

Two carbon air capture projects spark climate change divisions 
Two carbon air capture projects spark climate change divisions 
Backers of Texas and Louisiana direct air capture (DAC) schemes differ in how carbon removal should be deployed, and what role oil and gas should play

Tue, 28 Nov, 2023

2050 net-zero targets
Ireland on track to miss EU recycling targets — EPA report 
The targets Ireland must meet by 2025 include a recycling rate of 50%, reaching a rate of municipal waste recycling of 55%, and recycling of packaging waste much reach 60%

Tue, 28 Nov, 2023

Stakes are high at the UN’s Cop28 with temperatures on course to pass limit
Stakes are high at the UN’s Cop28 with temperatures on course to pass limit
Despite criticism over its location, former Irish president Mary Robinson says Cop28 is a ‘key moment’ for the Government to show that Ireland is not small — it’s influential, writes Environment Correspondent Pádraig Hoare

Tue, 28 Nov, 2023

Cop28: Why is nobody tuning in, when the world is burning?
Cop28: Why is nobody tuning in, when the world is burning?
Climate change, the biggest challenge our world faces, can’t hold the attention of audiences or readers. That has to be addressed, writes Eoin Hahessy

Tue, 28 Nov, 2023

Centenary of Seanad Eireann
Ireland 'not in secret negotiations with UAE' on oil and gas deals ahead of Cop28
BBC report revealed president of Cop28, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, has been planning secret deals to vastly expand oil and gas production at the event

Mon, 27 Nov, 2023

Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber
Mary Robinson hits out at Cop28 president as concerns raised over global stocktake
A global stocktake of emissions will show a projected increase of 9% by 2030 instead of the targeted reduction of up to 45%

Mon, 27 Nov, 2023

Centenary of Seanad Eireann
Mary Robinson: 'Fallacy' that Ireland is a minor offender in global emissions picture
Ahead of UCC's first sustainability forum, where she is a keynote speaker, the former Irish president said that by global terms 'we are a rich country and our carbon footprint is quite high'

Mon, 27 Nov, 2023

Ratcliffe on Soar power station stock
Climate crisis: What to consider if you’re questioning whether to have children 
Governments must act to reduce emissions so people can have an individual choice on whether to have children in the future

Mon, 27 Nov, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Words are weapons in war for minds
Irish Examiner view: Words are weapons in war for minds
Taoiseach echoed a Biblical parable when welcoming the news of Emily Hand's release — but saying she was 'lost' rather than 'kidnapped' has angered Israel's foreign minister

Mon, 27 Nov, 2023

Closeup image of served Christmas dinner table
Sustainable Christmas: How to save energy this festive season
Here are seven quick and easy ways to save power and cut your household bills

Sun, 26 Nov, 2023

Man worker mounting solar panels on roof of house.
All schools to get solar panels to reduce energy costs
Participating schools will be able to generate income from the scheme by selling off excess electricity to power homes and businesses

Thu, 23 Nov, 2023

Oil and gas industry facing 'moment of truth' on clean energy
Oil and gas industry facing 'moment of truth' on clean energy
Fossil fuel companies currently account for just 1% of clean energy investment globally and 60% comes from just four firms.

Thu, 23 Nov, 2023

Cork councillor and Owenacurra campaigner Liam Quaide to join Social Democrats 
Cork councillor and Owenacurra campaigner Liam Quaide to join Social Democrats 
Cork councillor and Owenacurra campaigner Liam Quaide is set to run as a Social Democrat in next year's local elections, having quit the Green Party in dramatic fashion earlier this year.

Thu, 23 Nov, 2023

Dozens evacuated as Australian wildfire burns out of control
Dozens evacuated as Australian wildfire burns out of control
The temperature in Perth is forecast to peak at 40C on Thursday – which is extraordinarily hot for the Southern Hemisphere spring – and winds remain strong

Thu, 23 Nov, 2023

Irish wind industry
Major wind farm on Cork-Waterford border gets go-ahead
Eleven of the 5MW capacity turbines will be sited on the west Waterford side and six in east Cork, with both sets linked by a 3.3km underground cable

Wed, 22 Nov, 2023

Narrow Water bridge project
Legislation to overhaul planning system has been published
The 700-page Planning and Development Bill was published late on Tuesday night

Tue, 21 Nov, 2023

'They are the future': State must allow young people a say on climate issues, Oireachtas told
'They are the future': State must allow young people a say on climate issues, Oireachtas told
The Oireachtas climate committee was told there is still a stigma in taking children's views seriously

Tue, 21 Nov, 2023

FILE PHOTO Today sees the launch of The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) national air quality forecast online END
France, US to propose ban on private finance to coal-fired plants at Cop28
Divisions set to deepen at climate conference with India and China opposed to any attempt to block construction of coal-fired power stations

Tue, 21 Nov, 2023

Letters to the Editor: Media must report on societal impacts of failure to act on climate change 
Letters to the Editor: Media must report on societal impacts of failure to act on climate change 
One reader suggests renaming the Berkeley Library in honour of those whose labours paid for Trinity College at its foundation, while another says two wrongs do not make a right in Gaza

Mon, 20 Nov, 2023

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