There’s a straight line between Bush’s invasion of Iraq and France’s torment

Trócaire, Oxfam Ireland and Friends of the Earth will be watching as world leaders meet for the Cop21 summit. They’re already disappointed by the Government’s ‘inaction’

Paris agreement needs to be backed by rigorous transparency and review mechanisms

Blamed for dire pollution, coal makes up two-thirds of China’s energy consumption

Foreign and environment ministers have made progress towards a climate change accord

A deal at UN conference in Paris is crucial for continent’s future

‘Every year we say that time is running out’ - World Meteorological Organisation

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification promised to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land a year. Could this really reduce warming by half a degree?

US president says 1,897km line would not make meaningful contribution to economy

Beijing accepts legally binding text with reviews every five years in major breakthrough

Climate summit an opportunity to rebuild European Union’s international reputation

Can an art exhibition about climate change have any potency when it avoids polemic? The Irish Cultural Centre in Paris takes a gentle approach to a giant issue

Groundbreaking research under pressure from climate change sceptics in Congress

Environmental benefits of diesel no longer sufficient to justify lower rate of excise

Tension between developed and developing worlds an obstacle in global warming fight

Goals of eliminating mass poverty and tackling global warming are complementary

The technology has become integral to modern life – but at huge environmental cost

Climate change

Petit-Palais was home to 28 of the 43 people killed in collision between coach and lorry

Full implementation of UNCCD target could reduce global warming by half a degree

Some 200 countries hope to seal accord on global warming at UN climate summit in Paris in December

Ambitious targets for restoring ‘degraded’ territory could lead to global land-grab

Minister calls 20% drop on 2005 levels unrealistic but country is ‘catching up quickly’

Historic change suggests starvation could be brought to an end across the globe by 2030

If the Taoiseach has any conviction on the greatest environmental threat facing humanity, it is lightly held

Mad growth of human race gobbles up space and wipes out ever more species

Government climate change experts are no masters of brevity, a new study has found

State likely to miss 2020 greenhouse gas targets, but Budget 2016 has little to say about it

Author Elizabeth Kolbert says fear, not morality, could impel people to act

Government to cite recession and agriculture as reasons for cuts to emissions goals for 2030

Obama can’t fight climate change while letting new fossil fuel reserves be developed

The impact on our carbon emissions of the FoodWise 2025 plan, which massively boosts diary production, requires close scrutiny

There is a growing movement to map the oceans, so why is space getting all the publicity?

We are still degrading the planet faster than we repair it, but work is being done

COP21 summit aims for commitments to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius

Submissions form building blocks for UN summit in Paris in December

A project aims to manipulate cloud formations in order to combat climate change. The naysayers are lining up, but the group argues there are few viable options left

Part three of the series on agriculture and climate change ahead of Paris UN conference

President hails promise to tackle inequality but says ‘paradigm change’ needed to fulfil it

An ‘ecological apartheid’ appears to divide farmers and environmentalists, yet they share many goals. A new series explores how the two groups can work together to tackle climate change, for the benefit of all