The second part of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) concluded in Rome after intense negotiations. This meeting followed the failure of the first part of COP16, held in Cali, Colombia, in November 2024, to reach a resolution. The talks in Cali collapsed due to deep disagreements over biodiversity Read more…
Ciaran Brennan Europe has taken a step towards a more sustainable and fair agriculture system that will work with and for nature with the publication of the final report from the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture. Presenting the report to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the Read more…
Slieve Beagh is an upland area which straddles the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, spread across the counties of Tyrone, Fermanagh and Monaghan. The area is steeped in local myth and legend. It is also home to one of Ireland’s most iconic and endangered species of Read more…
What happens to a lot of your old clothes when you recycle them? Solene Schirrer from Voice Ireland dives deep into the world of textile recycling to uncover the fate of some of our discarded clothes. Ghana’s sea shore is awash with abandoned garments. Piles of rotting clothes litter the Read more…
Dummy’s Lough, two kilometres northwest of Clones in Co Monaghan, looks like any other lake in rural Ireland. It is one of four lakes in the Kilroosky Lough cluster, nestling in farmland and surrounded by pockets of woodland. Dummy’s Lough is of interest for its classic marl lake water chemistry Read more…
The year closed with COP28 being hailed as the beginning of the end of fossil fuels. Theresa O’Donohoe from Feasta, the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, who was at the conference, casts a critical eye on two weeks of negotiations, reflects on the outcomes and looks to the future. Read more…
What role can faith communities and institutions play in moving the question of climate finance, including through mobilising their own investments? This was a question which was addressed by Lorna Gold, Chief Executive of FaithInvest, an international not-for-profit network of religious groups and faith-based institutional investors, at the Faith Pavilion at Read more…
By Rosalind Skillen The theme for the inaugural Mary Robinson Conference was ‘Communities Creating Change’. Hosted in Ballina Arts Centre, the conference brought together voices from all sectors of academia and society to share climate experiences and discuss local pathways for a sustainable future. Over the course of the two Read more…
“We support the principles and ambition of the EU Biodiversity Strategy and will develop comprehensive legislation for the identification, designation, and management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Irish territorial waters” This is the Irish Government’s own commitment for MPAs, stated in its ‘Our Shared Future’ programme outlining its governmental Read more…
24 June 2022 As some of you may have seen on Twitter this week, today is my last official day as editor of The Green News. I first started as an intern here back in 2019 – just a couple of months into my journalism career. I knew I wanted Read more…