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
Editorial: Carbon budgets are just the first signpost on our journeyIreland’s goal of reducing overall carbon emissions by 51 per cent before 2030 will see the greatest transformation of our energy system Ardnacrusha was first developed
Revealed: details of 2030 targets in new carbon budgetsEnergy, transport and housing all face large targets to cut emissions under terms of new carbon budgets
RTÉ chief: ‘We want to equip audiences with the information they need to take action on climate change’The national broadcaster is to boost its climate coverage including offering rolling reports on the upcoming UN Climate Change conference in Glasgow
Susan O’Keeffe: As we emerge from one crisis, there is a bigger one waitingThe climate crisis is growing ever more serious yet the public and our political leaders are not equipped to deal with the gravity of the threat
Zeitgeist: The cruel summer for Generation Incineration With extreme weather incidents happening on a seemingly daily basis around the world, this may well be the moment when we are finally forced to face up to the brutal reality of climate change
Aidan Regan: The challenge of climate change is politicalCarbon taxes won’t cut it, we need deep structural changes at the heart of climate capitalism if we are to avert the looming disaster
Susan O’Keeffe: The time for small steps is over, climate change requires big action nowThe United Nations has declared a ‘code red for humanity’ but where is the code red response from world leaders?
John Gibbons: RTÉ learns lesson after it feels the heat on climate change coverageJon Williams, managing director of news at the national broadcaster, is finally turning the ship to face the crisis head on, setting up an entire team to mitigate its ‘sins of omission’
Failure to plan and invest will condemn future generations to a water crisisOur water infrastructure is in grave condition and if we are to continue to provide enough for everyone, we need a utility that can charge for its services