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Over 100,000 take to the streets for climate justice march in Glasgow

6 November 2021  Over a hundred thousand protesters took to the streets of Glasgow as part of an international march for climate justice as COP26 continues to take place in the city.  Reams of demonstrators gathered as the rain came down in Kelvingrove Park this morning and chants for climate Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsNovember 6, 2021 ago
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Majority of Irish public think climate action will be positive

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…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsOctober 28, 2021 ago
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“Strong, rapid” methane reductions needed to limit future warming

9 August 2021  Strong, rapid and sustained reductions in methane emissions are needed to limit further warming, according to the latest report from the world’s leading climate scientists.  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report today, which examined “the most up-to-date Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsAugust 9, 2021 ago
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The Climate Action Bill recently became law. Now what?

4 August 2021 Climate campaigners have worked for years in Ireland to see this kind of legislation enacted. Once proposed by the Government, the Bill went through months of campaigning, debating, and amendment-adding. Now that the Climate Action Bill was signed into law just two weeks ago, what do we Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsAugust 4, 2021 ago
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Oxfam: ‘net zero’ targets can distract and delay emissions reductions

3 August 2021 Governments and corporations rely on ‘unreliable’ and ‘unrealistic’ carbon removal schemes to reach ‘net zero’ by 2050, a new Oxfam report has said. Using land alone to remove global carbon emissions, and thus achieving ‘net zero’ by 2050, would require 1.6 billion hectares of new forests. The Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsAugust 3, 2021 ago
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Climate Action Bill signed into law

23 July 2021 The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2021 has been signed by President Michael D. Higgins and has become law. “Today is a landmark day, as we turn climate ambition into law, and set out on a journey to net zero emissions” said Minister for the Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsJuly 23, 2021 ago
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Climate Bill passes through the Oireachtas for final time

16 July 2021  The Climate Bill and its subsequent amendments have passed through both houses of the Oireachtas for a final time and it is now set to go before the President to be signed into law.  The Government lauded the ambition in the Bill both in the Dáil and Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsJuly 16, 2021 ago
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Department of Climate: amendments not a fundamental change to Bill

13 July 2021  A spokesperson for the Minister of the Environment, Climate and Communications has said that recent amendments are not “fundamental changes” to the Climate Bill.  In a statement to The Green News, a spokesperson for Minister Eamon Ryan said the new amendments brought forward by the Seanad on Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsJuly 13, 2021 ago
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Climate change is the most serious global problem for Irish population, Eurobarometer report finds

7 July 2021 Climate change ranks well ahead any other serious problem facing the world according to Irish respondents, a European Commission report has found. Just under a third (31 per cent) of Irish respondents ranked climate change as the single most serious problem facing the world, well ahead of Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsJuly 7, 2021 ago
Sadhbh O'Neill of FiE addressing media at the High Court Photo: Niall Sargent
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Campaigners dissatisfied with amended carbon budget definition

2 July 2021  Campaigners have expressed dissatisfaction with an amendment to the Climate Bill that will allow for sequestration to be taken into account of carbon budget reviews.  An amendment brought forward in the Seanad today by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Senators sought to alter the definition of carbon Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsJuly 2, 2021 ago

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