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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

‘Risk’ coastal protection works on Dart won’t work, says Irish Rail boss

Jim Meade says current projects should stop erosion but there is still a possibility the line will eventually have to be moved inland

Phasing out fossil fuels hasn’t worked, now Europe has a new idea for COP28

Last year’s defeat for the EU and its allies on emissions cuts at COP27 has now set up what will be one of the hardest fights ahead of COP28

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John Gibbons: Truly dangerous radicals are the climate ‘inactivists’ who ignore the world burning

It beggars belief that those protesting to avert the environmental horror we face are being depicted as ‘extremists’ by those whose privilege has blinded them to our common peril

Radical rewilders: Meet the pioneers working to bring rainforests and wolves back to our landscape

With native vegetation down to just 1 per cent of land cover and no financial incentive to tackle the issue, our ecosystems are on life support – but Ireland’s rewilding rebels are on a mission to return land to nature, reintroduce wildlife, create nature reserves and restore bogs, writes Daniel Murray

Lise Hand: With continuous volatility on the global political stage, where are we headed in 2023?

Amid the prospect of a 21st-century cold war, and a climate emergency, things have never felt more uncertain. But what do we know about what’s coming this year?

Isif backs US venture capital firm to boost clean tech with €18m

State’s sovereign wealth fund says cash is part of its targeted investment in climate action projects

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Five Degrees of Change – Oisín Coghlan

The environmental campaigner’s changes include setting fair sectoral targets and making schools centres of climate action

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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

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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'