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A psychedelics boom is galvanising a new kind of climate activism – here’s why

Studies are finding a positive link between psychedelic use and “pro-environmental” behaviours, and the activists behind the movement argue it can turn the tide on climate change

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Building body calls for 10% VAT increase on 'carbon-hungry’ demolition projects

Chartered Institute of Building says tax system reform is needed to help Ireland meet its net zero targets

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Hot air and hen parties: sparks fly as Varadkar and Ryan challenged at farmer meeting

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Climate Minister Eamon Ryan both addressed the annual general meeting of the ICMSA dairy farmer group in Limerick on Friday

State fund invests €94m in British renewables firm Octopus

Fast-growing company will establish Dublin office and money will be used to help fund green energy projects across Europe, including in Ireland

Irish consumer inflation worries ease – but concern about climate change heats up

Bank of Ireland survey shows the percentage of households worried about cost of living dropped to 30 per cent

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Greta Thunberg joins climate protest outside JP Morgan’s London HQ

Climate groups claim the bank has been one of the worst financiers of fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement

John Walsh: Businesses need to wake up to the governance challenges of AI and climate change

Backlash over Rishi Sunak’s green U-turn will be nothing compared to what companies will face if they don’t adapt to issues thrown up by AI and ESG guidelines

Climate change to impact ECB’s ability to set interest rates

Freak weather events and energy transition will make it more difficult to predict eurozone economic activity

Reliance on private cars for households living in new-builds poses threat to climate targets

Planning regulator warns that a fifth of all new homes are located in areas dependant on the private car use

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Paris Agreement architect describes COP as summit as ‘circus’

Christiana Figueres says the upcoming climate conference is not needed and could be done remotely

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€5.7bn investment in fossil fuels funnelled through Irish corporation tax regime - ActionAid

Social justice charity says multinational operations in Ireland ‘comes at a cost for the world’s poor’

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Parking levies and congestion charges needed to reduce transport emissions - Climate Council chair

Climate Change Advisory Council chair says people needed to be dissuaded from driving cars into urban centres

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July confirmed as the hottest month on record - European climate change agency

July is estimated to have been around 1.5C warmer than the average for 1850-1900

Matt Cooper: We must act now to save the planet from climate change

In Ireland we haven’t experienced the extreme heat as in Europe, but a short holiday there serves as a wake-up call

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European fire crews aid Greece as wildfires intensify

Temperatures in the south of the country Greece are expected to reach 44C by the end of the week, in the second heatwave to hit Europe’s Mediterranean south in two weeks

Temperatures set to rise further across blistering Europe

Southern continental countries are expected to see the mercury soar past 40C

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EU’s Green Deal at risk of being dragged into divisive ‘culture wars’, warns Timmermans

The EU’s commissioner for climate change said certain groups were trying to create tribal opposition to Europe’s landmark climate policies

ISIF commits €65 million to new climate fund

ISIF said it is making this investment in line with its commitment to invest €1 billion in climate projects over a five-year period

Eamon Ryan says Ireland will ‘grasp the climate nettle’ after EPA warns country set to miss targets

Country is on course to miss 2030 climate targets by a wide margin, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned

Five Degrees of Change: Muireann Lynch on getting the whole family onto a cargo bike

Lynch is an energy researcher with the Economic and Social Research Institute who has an incredibly detailed understanding of the Irish energy system