If our climate politics focuses on taxation rather than investment to generate the public financing conditions for behavioural change, then we can expect nothing less than a Le Pen-style backlash

There is a political battle going on between the government and the opposition about the carbon tax, but who is right?

Leading agricultural economist says it is a ‘market failure’ that dairy expansion is incentivised

The figures will heap pressure on the government as it sets out measures to halve emissions by 2030

The revelation that Ireland is to increase its greenhouse emissions this year puts the government under renewed pressure over its climate plans

Eamon Ryan says the EU is trying to put in place what Ireland already has, and that there is ‘significant kickback’ against the proposal by other member states

Leaked proposals include the launch of a new emissions trading scheme for transport and heating and a target for all new cars in the EU to be zero emissions by 2035