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Climate change
Our latest news coverage, analysis and comment on the global climate crisis
How much rain will supersized El Niño bring to Ireland this winter?
In the News podcast: Impact expected to last until February next year
State must hold firm on carbon tax, which helps protect the most vulnerable
Policy has effectively been dictated by small group of protesters with little concern for wider impacts on society
Setting the Land Free: Visions of a Rewilded Ireland – an urgent manifesto for living with nature
In his follow-up to An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, Eoghan Daltun shows how policy shifts in land managment could work in practice across Ireland
The Irish Times view on the latest climate reports: the end of wishful thinking
Despite the warnings, the Government’s response is unconvincing
Cunnigar spit in Waterford looks a little forsaken. It needs care and protection
One councillor said earier this year that erosion is happening at an ‘alarming’ rate
Disastrous consequences of climate breakdown right in front of us
You’d think encouraging public transport usage to reduce gridlock would be motivating enough
Why is this El Niño set to be so strong and what will its effects be in Ireland?
The World Meteorological Organisation has warned that the current El Niño looks to be intensifying into the strongest one ever recorded
Ireland’s Greenest Places longlist: ‘Those with an acute sense of a warming world stand out’
The summer of 2026 has provided a timely reminder of the urgent need for climate action
Inside Italy’s reluctant embrace of air conditioning: ‘How can you live without it?’
For generations, many Italians treated chilled air as a threat to their health – until now
Claire Byrne prepares to go on Celebrity Gogglebox: ‘We need fizzy jellies and quality crisps’
Radio: Newstalk host is more relaxed yet remains the consummate professional, as Drivetime hears of hope on climate change
‘It will cost billions’: Climate crisis poses ‘immediate’ threat to human life and economies, Dublin forum hears
Dublin conference hears countries and firms face mounting dangers from failure to protect natural world
‘Fear and regret’ in the midlands in wake of Ireland’s move away from peat
A just transition must support people who have lost thousands of jobs and faced an energy transition, say local advocates, who are sceptical about how funding has been spent
We need a plan to kick the fossil fuel habit hiding in our kitchen
At a time of climate crisis, will cooking with gas become as anachronistic as indoor smoking?
‘Exceptional event’: World braces for ‘supersized’ El Niño
‘No time to lose’ – World Meteorological Organisation mobilises as climate impacts expected well into 2027
New record in 2026 marks hottest Irish summer on record
Two consecutive record-breaking summers shows climate change is already happening, says Met Éireann
Humanity misses climate target, booking.com scam ads, and Belfast cafe hit by US sanctions
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan
This has been a childhood-defining summer, one that dried out the earth under your feet
Here in London, there has been the sort of prolonged, angry heat that delights and punishes in equal measure
Battle to halt global heating at 1.5 degrees is lost – UN
Focus must now switch to limiting extent of overshoot, says United Nations' climate report
Dispatch from an Australian who’s feeling increasingly at home in Ireland
A country’s practices may be changing
How worried should we be about this year’s ‘Super-Duper El Niño’?
On a planet already overheating due to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the 2026 El Niño will throw fuel on to a raging fire
Death toll from Nepal-Tibet floods reaches 781, with more than 3,000 still missing
Red Cross estimates more than 90,000 people likely affected by disaster in Himalayas linked to climate change
A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’
Wild Geese: Greystones native Sarah Catterson runs online fitness coaching enterprise Strengthinus from the Spanish city of Marbella
Ireland will be united, says former British prime minister Gordon Brown
Former Labour leader was chancellor when the Belfast Agreement was signed in 1998
Death toll from Nepal flooding hits 626, with almost 2,500 people missing
Rescue efforts hampered by fears of more flooding
The drive to plant trees on Ireland’s farmland: ‘In the future a field without trees will be worthless’
There are 400 hectares of trees planted on farms across Ireland under an agroforestry scheme, offering protection against drought, less pollution and greater biodiversity
The floods will overwhelm Irish land. We can’t just sit back
Water is arriving in ways our infrastructure and modified landscape can no longer cope with
As wildfires ravage Irish uplands, has work even begun on the promised national plan?
Wildfire risk management strategies should be prioritised
Bit parts for climate in script and song could help war on fossil fuels
Clean technologies rarely feature in popular entertainment – with a few recent exceptions
What changes in butterfly populations tell us about climate change in Ireland
Butterflies react quickly to change but can still get caught out by misaligned life cycles
Ireland’s hoverfly, crucial to food production, faces significant threats
Queen’s University Belfast study underscores the role the insects play in supporting food security
António Guterres: ‘Superpowers need to understand things have changed’
The UN secretary general, whose term ends in December, talks about the decline of US dominance, the rise of new powers and the organisation’s financial crisis
At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
Excess mortality in Germany, France and Spain alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to provisional figure
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