1 November 2021 Protesters gathered today in Glasgow to highlight how the Global South is bearing the brunt of the climate crisis as international climate negotiations commenced nearby. Members of Friday for Future International held a rally at Festival Park, which is located right beside the venue hosting the international Read more…
1 November 2021 COP26, the international climate negotiations currently taking place in Glasgow, has officially kicked off with world leaders giving speeches at the opening ceremony. We’ll be bringing you the voices on the ground throughout the next two weeks – but before we send any coverage your way on Read more…
31 October 2021 It is finally upon us: the international COP26 negotiations are kicking off today in Glasgow. As someone who I’m assuming has an interest in climate, you might have heard about it. There are lots of great explainers out there at the moment on what COP26 is and Read more…
28 October 2021 Sixty per cent of the Irish public believe the impact of climate action will be positive, according to a newly published opinion poll. Carried out by Ireland Thinks and published by Friends of the Earth, the poll also found that 80 per cent of the public back Read more…
26 October 2021 The next battle for meeting national climate targets will come down to who gets the biggest “slice of the emissions cake” one of Ireland’s leading climate scientists has said. Speaking to The Green News in the wake of the Climate Change Advisory Council issuing its carbon budget Read more…
22 October 2021 The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest projections on greenhouse gas emissions for 2020 are out – and we took the day to dive into them and pull out some key points. As always there were negative trends and some pockets of improvement but overall – we’re nowhere near Read more…
21 October 2021 Ireland will be a key financial contributor in a fund to protect environmental defenders, the Minister for the Environment has announced. Over the next four years Ireland will provide half of the funding for a new Rapid Response mechanism under the Aarhus Convention to safeguard environmental defenders, Read more…
21 October 2021 Ireland is headed towards substantial obstacles for renewable energy if it does not immediately change course on marine planning, according to environmental groups. Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) and the Environmental Pillar issued their warning today as the Maritime Area Planning Bill makes its way through Committee Stage. Read more…
19 October 2021 A new national retrofitting scheme is set to be launched shortly, the Minister for the Environment told an Oireachtas Committee today. Speaking before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action, Minister Eamon Ryan said the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) grants system for retrofitting will be Read more…
13 October 2021 The measures laid out in Budget 2022 are “just one small step” on climate action, campaigners have said. In response to the reading of the Budget yesterday, Friends of the Earth Ireland Director Oisin Coghlan stressed that while the actions laid out were one small component on Read more…
