Private flights from Ireland emitted 10.2 tonnes of CO2 per flight, the same as emitted by driving a petrol car over 40,000 km

‘All of the climate parameters are moving in totally the wrong direction’ - WMO

Beijing is battling to get the global upper hand by mining rare earths from the seabed

Sao Paulo carrier had been floating offshore for three months since Turkey refused it entry for scrappage due to environmental hazards

Almost 95% of the 51m tons of wrappers, bottles and bags in 2021 discarded by Americans ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere

Greenpeace condemns body’s decision to enter eight-year arrangement with oil giant

Campaigners fear State will grow as hub for ‘libel tourism’ in wake of UK exit from EU

Progress Indicator: UN chief says hopes of a major plan of action ‘unfulfilled but not buried’ after world’s wealthiest nations met

Group wants to ban flights where train journey under six hours is available

But Irish MEPs back European Parliament move to restrict dairy terms for non-dairy

The EU’s recovery fund will finance 40% of the ambitious French programme

A Billy is made every three seconds. But the cheap-furniture boom has an ecological price

Fake news is hard habit to kick when there’s profit to reap and algorithms propelling it

Mary Robinson wanted to reassure young people ‘they have made their voice heard’

Reducing emissions sharply will mean challenging but more manageable consequences

Straws, plastic cutlery, cotton buds among items to be banned in effort to curb pollution

Commitments made in Paris agreement will not be met unless governments introduce extra measures

Decision means GMO rules will apply where genes within one species are mixed

After years of decline, global coal consumption rose by 1 per cent last year

Decision on controversial runway plan paves way for parliamentary vote