Comment John Walsh: A lack of political leadership means business must lead the way on climate changePolitical parties take climate change seriously – until difficult decisions have to be made, or an electorally important cohort has to be appeased
Climate & Environment John Gibbons: The heat is on, but our response to climate change remains mutedThe year saw heat waves precipitously close to the limits of human tolerance and calamitous flooding, yet political and social reaction continues to be lukewarm
Analysis Comment: ‘Covid provided a whole new excuse to long-finger the effort required to tackle climate change’Covid provided a whole new excuse to long-finger the effort required to tackle climate change with real purpose or determination, writes Susan O’Keeffe
Climate & Environment COP27 must force countries to act ‘hard and fast’ on climate crisis - RyanMinister for Environment says Ireland is ‘committed’ to increasing financing to support countries most affected by climate change
Business Post's View Editorial: Our planet needs action, not just words, on climate changeCOP 27 should be used as a blunt reminder to politicians, industry leaders and individual citizens that time is rapidly running out
Book Review The Climate Book: High-profile contributors give the ‘biggest story in the world’ real clout Greta Thunberg’s comprehensive handbook on the climate emergency is fresh, persuasive and shocking
Agriculture Emissions impossible? The Cork dairy farm aiming to cut methane by 80 per centThe Farm Zero C project aims for a huge reduction in dairy farm emissions by 2027 and if successful, could pave the way for farmers to maintain their herds while also meeting carbon reduction targets
Susan O’Keeffe: ‘Smyth’s role is to encourage action on climate crisis, not turn it into a social media bandwagon’The sad part about recent events is that climate change desperately needs protestors who are savvy and smart to help drive a vast mindset change, writes Susan O’Keeffe
wine Mick O’Connell: How the wine world is adapting to the new realities of climate changeFrom rediscovering old grapes to purchasing land in new areas, winemakers are using a variety of tools to cope with the changing climate
Column Susan O’Keeffe: ‘King Puck’s descent from his perch may be the most unusual climate change warning yet’Our environment is altering at a rapid rate and requires many changes – to the way we live – and to the way we have fun
Podcasts Five Degrees of Change – Oisín CoghlanThe environmental campaigner’s changes include setting fair sectoral targets and making schools centres of climate action
Climate & Environment Farmers to get lower carbon target with review in 2025The compromise target is likely to be agreed after backbench rural TDs threatened to resign their party whips, but it could be raised if methane-inhibiting technologies prove viable
Climate & Environment Ireland feels the heat, but our politicians are behaving like slow learners Irish politicians appear not to have fully accepted the dangers of climate change and seem happy to pay lip service to the vague ‘net zero by 2050’ – political-speak for ‘not our problem'
Today's headlines Farmers to get lower carbon target, cut to electric car grants and estate agents’ Daft.ie accusationThe top stories and best in-depth reads from today’s Business Post
Climate Change Susan O’Keeffe: Politicians are fighting fire with hot air There was hand-wringing and warnings for older people, babies, cars, trains and dogs this week, but little political will to take hard decisions on the greatest crisis of our time
Climate & Environment War and inflation will threaten climate targets — Coca Cola chief executive Challenges facing the world economy will put further pressure on global climate action, according to James Quincey
Climate and Environment John Gibbons: Masks are off, exposing economist Pollyannas leading the world off a climate cliff Complacent and misinformed his FT presentation may have been, but HSBC bigwig Stuart Kirk did us all a favour by exposing the financial sector’s charade of talking ‘net zero by 2050’
Dairygold chief warns of ‘significant’ food price increases later this year Rising costs right through supply chain mean consumers will face higher weekly shopping bills ‘very soon’, says co-op boss
‘Climate change won’t be fixed without tackling corporate responsibility’Ireland must introduce strong corporate accountability law to prevent pollution and exploitation, Trócaire chief executive says
‘Critical’ gaps in coalition’s response to climate change — Advisory Council The annual review found that Ireland failed to meet its 2020 target of a 20 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
