November 15th, 2017 A new report has singled out Ireland as the worst performing country in Europe for taking concrete action to tackle climate change. The 2018 Climate Change Performance Index puts Ireland in 49th place out of a total of 56 countries identified in the study. Together, the 56 Read more…
November 15th, 2017 The Minister for Climate Action today announced that the Government will provide additional funding to support vulnerable countries hit hardest by the impacts of climate change. Speaking prior to his departure to the COP23 Conference in Bonn, the Minister said that the Government will now provide an 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 14th, 2017 The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC) have come together to renew their joint commitment to tackling climate-related public health challenges. The two international agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) currently taking Read more…
November 7th, 2017 The first two weeks in November may well prove to be important for global and Irish efforts to tackle climate change. On the international stage, we saw the publication of the US Global Change Research Program Climate Science Special Report and widespread media coverage of the latest Read more…
November 6th, 2017 2017 is set to be the warmest year on record without the influence of El Niño, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said this morning. The WMO’s provisional Statement on the State of the Climate found that average global temperature between January and September this year was 1.1°C Read more…
November 4th, 2017 Taking the bold step of extending a carbon tax to agriculture will make Ireland a genuine climate leader, Ireland’s leading agricultural policy analyst told the Citizens Assembly today. The Assembly is sitting for the second weekend on the topic of how the Irish State can take a Read more…
November 4th, 2017 Political leadership is key to creating the necessary environment to achieve challenging emissions reductions targets and move to a low-carbon society, international experts told the Citizens’ Assembly today. Sitting for the second weekend on the topic of how the Irish State can lead in tackling climate change, Read more…
November 1st, 2017 Oil and gas will remain “significant elements” of Ireland’s energy supply into the future, the Minister of State for Natural Resources said at an industry conference yesterday. Opening the ninth annual Atlantic Ireland Conference, Sean Kyne, TD said that Ireland must walk a fine line to balance Read more…
November 1st, 2017 The scientific evidence tells us that we must adapt quickly to climate change. Yet a key problem confronting us is how we convey this important message to the general public. Media stories informed by evidence-based climate science could be one such way to increase audience engagement and Read more…
