November 16th, 2017 Severe flooding, coastal disasters, and other unpredictable severe weather event are just some of the impacts of climate change spelled out in detailed over the past week at COP23 in Bonn, Germany. In the direct line of such extreme weather variations on a day-to-day basis are the Read more…
November 15th, 2017 A “transformation” of agricultural sectors and food systems is required to meet a rise in hunger across the globe, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today. Speaking at a high-level event on hunger at the global climate conference in Bonn, Germany, José Graziano Read more…
November 9th, 2017 The advertising standards watchdog has been overwhelmed by complaints against the National Dairy Council’s (NDC) new campaign promoting Irish milk as a plant-based product. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) has received 58 complaints since the multimedia campaign – Irish Dairy the Complete Natural – launched earlier Read more…
November 6th, 2017 The outcome of the Citizen’s Assembly must act as a “clarion call” for the government to step up action to tackle climate change, a coalition of civil society and environmental NGOs has said. After two weekends of deliberation, the Citizens’ Assembly voted in favour of 13 recommendations Read more…
November 2nd, 2017 Governments across the world need to urgently revise their 2020 emissions targets pledges to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a new UN study has found. According to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report, meeting current commitments under the Paris Agreement would only Read more…
November 2nd, 2017 With a three-year-old daughter at home, it is fair to say that toys have gradually taken over my life during the past 36 months. And after yet another agonising experience with a Lego brick wedged to the bottom of the foot, I have decided enough is enough. Read more…
October 31st, 2017 The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has soared to the highest levels in 800,000 years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) had said. The report found that greenhouse gases (GHG) concentrations have surged to hit record-breaking levels in 2016 due to unprecedented atmospheric changes in the Read more…
October 25th, 2017 The much-anticipated vote by the EU Member States on the European Commission’s proposal for a ten-year extension for glyphosate failed to go ahead today as planned. The European Commission said in a statement that the Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed did not vote on Read more…
October 23rd, 2017 Fancy winning yourself an efficiency assessment for your business valued between €1,000–€3,000? Head down to the zero-waste town of Cashel next week and you could be in with a chance. The Tipperary town is leading the way in a waste-free lifestyle and is playing host to reuse month Read more…
October 19th, 2017 Cattle exported to Turkey under Ireland’s plans to increase live animal exports will suffer “prolonged and painful death” by methods illegal in the EU, a leading animal rights group has said. The comments from Animal International come in the wake of last week’s meeting in Ankara between Read more…
