11 March 2022 If you ever find yourself amidst snowy mountains, keep your eyes on the white as much as you can. If you’re lucky, you might catch the silhouette of a golden eagle. With a two-metre wingspan, they’re one of the largest birds of prey. Put them wingtip-to-wingtip besides Read more…
9 March 2022 As devastating images and stories continue to emerge from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission has begun to rethink its energy policy and security. Currently, the bloc as a whole depends on Russia for 40 per cent of its gas supply, but just yesterday the Read more…
28 February 2022 The second in an installment of reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is out today – and it’s all about our mounting environmental crises and how we’re adapting to them. The scientific body made a ton of material available upon its release – including Read more…
26 February 2022 This Monday the second working group report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is set to come out – and it will be focused on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. We wanted to get a low-down on adaptation and cover some background around the topic, so we Read more…
15 February 2022 If you’re a climate news hawk, you probably saw the myriad of coverage last week around the announcement of the National Retrofitting Scheme. There were lots of great pieces on how the scheme itself is going to work and initial reactions – and with those bases covered, Read more…
10 February 2022 Comedian Colm O’Regan will be taking to the stage next week in Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre for his new show, Climate Worrier. We rang him up to find out more, have a read below. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. When did climate become Read more…
7 February 2022 If you’ve been tuned into climate news as-of-late – you’ve probably heard a lot about the climate problems SUVs pose and the need for immediate emissions reductions. So we wanted to speak to Dr Hannah Daly of University College Cork about both. Note: this conversation has been Read more…
28 January 2022 When Frank O’Connor and Jude Sherry moved back to Cork City from Amsterdam, they noticed some similarities between the two. In particular, there was the architecture and rich heritage of both cities. But there was one glaring difference they saw between them: the scale of dereliction. Amsterdam Read more…
25 January 2022 Irish research is paying more and more attention to the social science side of the climate crisis these days. Late last year we had the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change in the Irish Mind report and now today we’ve got brand-new research out of the Economics and Read more…
14 January 2022 It was quite the busy week over at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action. Members considered the proposed carbon budgets brought forward by the Climate Change Advisory Council last October and they had an array of experts weigh in on the subject. For a quick recap: Read more…