The Irish Times

Collison-backed Watershed eyes European expansion

Climate tech software start-up appoints Ellen Moeller as European chief

Wed Apr 06 2022 - 08:59

Cop26: World leaders facing issue of ‘matching rhetoric with action’ – Taoiseach

Martin to deliver national statement to summit on how Ireland is tackling climate crisis

Sun Oct 31 2021 - 14:10

Four more years of Trump could cause climate disaster, ex-UN chief warns

Christiana Figueres says administration would delay decarbonisation

Mon Nov 02 2020 - 17:40

How to make your life more sustainable, ‘one object at a time’

People kept asking Dr Tara Shine how they could address the climate crisis. So she wrote them a book

Sat Apr 11 2020 - 06:00

UK paper plays the man not the ball in attack on meat study

Cantillon: ‘Farmers’ Guardian’ does a hatchet job on scientists behind ‘Lancet’ study

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 06:05

Mary Robinson says climate report ‘heralds the end of the fossil fuel era’

Climate policy expert says report is unequivocal in highlighting that the world is on a very dangerous emissions pathway

Mon Oct 08 2018 - 18:27

The indigenous fight against climate change

Knowledge of animals, insects, agricultural techniques and weather patterns is honed from interaction with nature passed down through generations

Thu Aug 03 2017 - 06:00

Bulgaria nominates EU commissioner to succeed Ban Ki-moon

Support for Unesco head contender withdrawn after UN security council secret ballot

Wed Sept 28 2016 - 14:08

Antonio Guterres extends front-runner status in UN race

Former Portuguese prime minister cements position after third Security Council vote

Tue Aug 30 2016 - 18:41

The labyrinthine process of electing new UN chief

Method of replacing Ban Ki-moon will be most transparent in UN’s 70-year history

Mon Aug 15 2016 - 01:00

Ireland must share the pain of Paris climate change agreement; no excuses

Climate accord signed at United Nations by representatives of more than 160 countries

Sat Apr 23 2016 - 00:01

COP21: Saudi Arabia a fly in ointment as countries seek accord

The wealthy and influential oil nation is attempting to frustrate progress at Paris talks

Wed Dec 09 2015 - 01:00

Binding deal on 1.5 degree target unlikely to gain political support, says Kelly

Minister says he is hopeful for a 1.5 degree target but politically it will be hard to achieve

Mon Dec 07 2015 - 17:02

COP21: UN climate chief says swift responses required

Oxfam director warns agreement to limit warming to 2.7 degrees could not be called a success

Sat Dec 05 2015 - 12:04

Climate change summit creates world of its own

Paris has put on a big show for COP21, but real business happens behind closed doors

Sat Dec 05 2015 - 01:00

The climate dilemma: To fight or befriend fossil fuel industry

Links between governments and business challenged by activists

Fri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00

It’s all in the detail: time for hardball talks on climate change

Draft text contains 1,617 instances of square-bracketed words, phrases and terms that have yet to be decided

Wed Dec 02 2015 - 16:48

COP21 organisers confident of getting agreement

Foreign and environment ministers have made progress towards a climate change accord

Wed Nov 11 2015 - 01:01

Concern plans to limit climate change do not go far enough

UN report says current goals leave a need for steeper and more expensive emissions cuts after 2030

Fri Oct 30 2015 - 13:56

Climate talks: Is the planet to be saved or doomed?

With just four months until COP 21, negotiations plod on but the public are mobilising

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00

Unique consultation brings climate down to the citizens

Today people from 80 countries will join the largest ever global debate on climate change

Sat Jun 06 2015 - 07:13

Climate change road map after marathon negotiations

Sleepless delegates end Lima talks with foundations for major agreement next year

Sun Dec 14 2014 - 21:35

Lima climate talks ‘must deliver’, says Ban Ki-moon

UN secretary-general calls on rich countries to pledge money to UN Green Climate Fund

Tue Dec 09 2014 - 22:24

Climate funds financed coal power plants in Indonesia

NGOs call for tougher rules to stop money going to environmentally harmful projects

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 01:00

Global warming makes 2014 likely to be hottest on record

Lima forum hears the WMO stress that ‘there is no standstill in global warming’

Thu Dec 04 2014 - 01:00

Progress was always going to come down to world’s two largest economies

Analysis: UN climate chief Christiana Figueres says clear signal on emissions sent to private sector and financial markets

Wed Nov 12 2014 - 17:51

Workable global accord on climate needed as Bonn talks deliver little

‘Very ambitious agenda’ faces ministers at December’s UN climate summit in Lima

Mon Oct 27 2014 - 01:00

Climate talks in Bonn to lay groundwork for new deal

Elements of draft agreement ‘must be clear’ ahead of conference in Lima

Mon Oct 20 2014 - 14:28

Call to action now on climate to ensure global warming increase is curtailed below 2 degrees Celsius

Tue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00

Steps needed to pave deal on climate change emerging

Latest round of negotiations in Bonn enters its second week

Mon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00

IPCC report paints bleak picture of our future

UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change contains little comfort on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability

Tue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00

Call for action on climate change