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Exclusive: EU will fund Ireland to pay farmers directly for nature restoration and ‘ecosystem services’

European Commission document outlines ‘possible avenues for moving forward’ with a focus on contentious areas such as the rewetting of some agricultural land

Five Degrees of Change: Andrew Brownlee on how upskilling can speed up the transition to green energy

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Five Degrees of Change:‘We need 50,000 additional construction workers to build and retrofit homes’

Andrew Brownlee, chief executive of state further education and training agency Solas, says that construction is one of the most important sectors where new labour and new skills are needed to deliver on climate action

Greens to continue work on EU nature restoration as row with farmers rumbles on

Some politicians and farming groups have labelled the proposals a ‘land grab’ but Greens minister Roderic O’Gorman tells the Business Post the move is ‘an attempt to halt the decades of decline and destruction of nature’

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

Ireland on course to miss 2030 climate targets by wide margin - Environmental Protection Agency

Nearly all sectors - including agriculture, electricity and transport - are expected to miss their national ceilings

Higgins warns planet is ‘in peril’ at garden festival launch

The President stressed the importance of Bloom amid “alarming rate” of biodiversity loss

Five Degrees of Change: Simon Sharpe on turbocharging climate action

Five Degrees of Change is the Business Post's energy and environment podcast

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‘You have to understand what is the worst that can happen and how might you stop it’

Physicist and British civil servant Simon Sharpe has been on a mission to wake his government up to the dangers of climate change

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Culture war of farming versus environment is a dangerous distraction

Nature restoration, emissions reductions and carbon sequestration are fundamental necessities on a par with food production – and our political debates should be about how to pay farmers a proper price for them

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Greens want to pay farmers if they return their land to nature

Environment minister pushes for use of budget surplus to restore biodiversity and rewet peatlands, while EU accused of ‘land grab’ over nature targets proposal

Should fashion brands pay for their textile waste? New legislation could make it a reality

Under rules that have been proposed in some EU countries, fashion companies would have to fund textile recycling programmes to curb the four million tons of waste produced annually in Europe

Sara Keating: Two Viennese art experiences paint a global picture of climate change

A visit to Vienna served up two thoughtful exhibitions that force the viewer to confront the damage we are doing to the environment

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Bus Éireann takes home top prize at PwC/Business Post Sustainable Business Awards

Other award winners included An Post, Cool Planet, the Ballykilcavan Brewery and Abbvie Ireland

Failure to comply with access to information laws leading to poorer decisions from public bodies, says commissioner

Ger Deering says he annulled 93 per cent of access to information of the environment decisions in 2022

Five Degrees of Change: Sadhbh O’Neill on why activists need to take care of themselves

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Householders could face next winter with ‘mountain’ of energy debt

Figures earlier this year highlighted number of domestic gas customers in arrears on bills increased from 18 per cent to 23 per cent in last 12 months

Over 100,000 new building workers needed to deliver 2030 targets

Government report says 51,000 new construction workers would be needed to deliver residential housing and retrofitting targets alone

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Sadhbh O’Neill on doing her best to avoid single use packaging

The campaign coordinator with Stop Climate Chaos shares her policy and personal changes for a greener world

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Daniel Murray: Winds of change needed if state is to meet offshore energy targets

On time delivery of entirely new industry will need regulation, planning, legal and administration to all fall into place this year