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Climate Change

Comment

John Walsh: A lack of political leadership means business must lead the way on climate change

Political parties take climate change seriously – until difficult decisions have to be made, or an electorally important cohort has to be appeased
  • John Walsh
  • January 19, 2023
Climate & Environment

John Gibbons: The heat is on, but our response to climate change remains muted

The year saw heat waves precipitously close to the limits of human tolerance and calamitous flooding, yet political and social reaction continues to be lukewarm
  • John Gibbons
  • December 28, 2022
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
  • Susan O'Keeffe
  • December 16, 2022
Climate & Environment

COP27 must force countries to act ‘hard and fast’ on climate crisis - Ryan

Minister for Environment says Ireland is ‘committed’ to increasing financing to support countries most affected by climate change
  • Daniel Murray
  • November 8, 2022
Business Post's View

Editorial: Our planet needs action, not just words, on climate change

COP 27 should be used as a blunt reminder to politicians, industry leaders and individual citizens that time is rapidly running out
  • Business Post
  • November 5, 2022
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
  • John Gibbons
  • November 5, 2022
Agriculture

Emissions impossible? The Cork dairy farm aiming to cut methane by 80 per cent

The 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
  • Lorcan Allen
  • October 29, 2022

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
  • Susan O'Keeffe
  • October 28, 2022
wine

Mick O’Connell: How the wine world is adapting to the new realities of climate change

From rediscovering old grapes to purchasing land in new areas, winemakers are using a variety of tools to cope with the changing climate
  • Mick O'Connell
  • September 29, 2022
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
  • Susan O'Keeffe
  • August 12, 2022
Podcasts

Five Degrees of Change – Oisín Coghlan

The environmental campaigner’s changes include setting fair sectoral targets and making schools centres of climate action
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 26, 2022
Climate & Environment

Farmers to get lower carbon target with review in 2025

The 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
  • Lorcan Allenand
  • Michael Brennan
  • July 23, 2022
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'
  • John Gibbons
  • July 23, 2022
Today's headlines

Farmers to get lower carbon target, cut to electric car grants and estate agents’ Daft.ie accusation

The top stories and best in-depth reads from today’s Business Post
  • Business Post
  • July 23, 2022
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
  • Susan O'Keeffe
  • July 22, 2022
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
  • Lorcan Allen
  • June 21, 2022
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’
  • John Gibbons
  • May 27, 2022

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
  • Lorcan Allen
  • April 17, 2022

‘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
  • Caoimhe de Barra
  • January 12, 2022

‘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
  • Cónal Thomas
  • December 8, 2021

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