More than 8 out of 10 Irish respondents also feel reducing fossil fuel imports from outside the EU will improve energy security and benefit the EU economically.

Re-turn, the operator of Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), has announced that Ballinora Scout group, based in county Cork, has been named as a finalist in the ‘Small Town, Big Difference’ contest.

This measure would be hugely unpopular but would target the ‘super-emitters’, writes CATHERINE CONLON. 

Ireland will not meet its EU Effort Sharing Regulation target of 42 per cent reduction by 2030, instead a maximum reduction of 22 per cent is projected.

Wind Energy Ireland chief executive Noel Cunniffe has said the Government needs to act during a ‘decisive window’.

Images from the European Union's Copernicus satellite show a difference in vegetation near Nenagh in Co Tipperary

Climate change was selected by 43 per cent of farmers as one of the three most important issues they face out of a list of eight.

The Peaceplus funding will contribute towards preserving coastal and natural resources.

Guatemala is vulnerable to the effects of climate change which is forcing its indigenous people further into poverty.

Micheál Martin spoke out after a report warned of the cost of failing to reach green targets.

The potential cost of missing Ireland’s emissions targets could reach a staggering €27 billion, according to a new report.

Both cases were taken by the Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE), which also has a live challenge to the 2024 climate action plan

While Cork city escaped the brunt of Storm Éowyn, Kathriona Devereux says she now realises how ill-prepared she would have been if they had faced a week without the essential conveniences of electricity, water on tap and central heating.

Severe storms are likely to become more frequent in Ireland as the effects of climate change become more apparent, and January’s storm is a stark reminder of that

St Brigid’s Club in Kiltoom, Co Roscommon, has become a help centre for locals following Storm Éowyn.

Sites across Ireland reported losses in the huge storm.

Creating a large indigenous renewable energy industry is critical to securing Ireland’s future economic prosperity, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

Seven of the top 10 warmest years have occurred since 2005

The research is led by Blarney-born Irish professional footballer and economics graduate, Conor McCarthy.

73 per cent of young people aged between 14 and 29 are stressed about the impacts of climate change.

Labour emerged as the party with the best climate action policies in the assessment commissioned by Friends of the Earth.

The event, with a detected magnitude of 1.6 on the Richter Scale, occurred approximately 5km northeast of Bandon, at 5.50am.

The Fianna Fáil leader refused claims of a split over the infrastructure and climate fund.

The next episode of Heated on RTÉ1 will explore the solution. 

Roderic O’Gorman said the parties do not want a coalition partner that is as ‘robust and determined’ to push for its manifesto goals as the Greens.

John Fahy described driving home during the worst of the storm, which hit southern Spain on Tuesday.

Heat runs on RTÉ1 on Tuesday

An association representing US airlines has also brought a court challenge to a cap on passenger numbers at Dublin Airport for next summer

Ireland needs to invest in climate resilience, says Katriona Devereux

Heated returns for a second run on RTÉ1 tonight

It includes changes to An Bord Pleanala and reforming the process for taking judicial reviews.

Climate Ambassador CARMEL WRIGHT shares some sustainable Halloween tips and tricks so you can enjoy a more environmentally friendly Samhain this October

Funding to support household retrofitting will ease the cost-of-living and benefit the environment, but the budget did not go far enough to tackle climate change, environmental groups have said.

Local representatives said there is a need to provide funding to groups working on the ground. 

The United Nations International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste takes place on Sunday September 29, CARMEL WRIGHT reflects on food waste in society

In her monthly Green Women column, CARMEL WRIGHT meets a Cork woman whose interest in the environment, climate change, and biodiversity began 20 years ago

Unless you’ve been living under a rock with your fingers in your ears, you’ve likely heard that cheap clothes from fast fashion outlets are bad for the planet, writes Kathriona Devereux

Climate Ambassador CARMEL WRIGHT has a newfound respect, taste for, and knowledge of seaweed, after a seaweed foraging event in Fountainstown

The Irish meteorological service, the UK’s Met Office and the Netherlands’ KNMI have each contributed seven names to the new list.

The idea of taking top class land out of food production and covering it with steel and glass mirrors just seems wrong to me, so says John Arnold

A “temperature event” of 33 degrees in Dublin’s Phoenix Park has gone from being a once in 180-years event to a once in nine-years event

Dr Catherine Conlon tells us about the Cork Health Cities’ Tree Project

Construction of a €30m central grid in the town is scheduled to get under way later this year. 

It comes a day after Eamon Ryan said he would be stepping down as party leader.

Noticed you are struggling to find certain types of potatoes in the shops? Ailin Quinlan tells us why

As we kick off our Cork Coast series, ELAINE DOYLE Clean Coasts, Development Officer for Cork, Kerry and Waterford, tells us about the steps we can make to keep our coasts clean

In our monthly Green Women column in WoW! CARMEL WRIGHT caught up with Sophie Healy-Thow, who picked up a Global Citizen prize recently

It is time for the Taoiseach and the Government to refashion the soundbites and start making hard decisions about the size of the dairy herd, writes Dr Catherine Conlon

More than a dozen severe storms swept over Ireland and the UK between October and March, the research noted

Despite all the news reports in the last five years, many people do not understand the link between eating and climate change, writes Catherine Conlon