Peter Thorne

Climate plan: Short-term cost for long-run gain

Big upfront costs for current generation but plan is fastest route to sustainable prosperity

Cop26 has raised hopes, but how can climate cliff edge be avoided?

Ireland has made ambitious pledges, although the rhetoric is failing to meet reality

Wiggle room on strong climate action has all but disappeared

John Gibbons: There is now less than a one per cent chance of remaining at or below 1.5 degrees

Dublin to stage its first ‘climate week’ with 70 events

Emphasis of event on community action and collective engagement

Climate report is a ‘Code red’ for humanity, says UN secretary general

Scientists warn that planet will be unliveable if emissions are not reduced

Major climate changes now inevitable and irreversible, stark UN report says

IPCC report says climate change is ‘widespread, rapid, and intensifying’

Q&A: What role does climate change play in recent extreme weather events?

From blistering heatwaves to unprecedented flooding – it’s already proving to be a summer of extremes

You don’t have to look far to explain the heatwave – it’s climate change

Exceptionally high temperatures so far north ‘impossible without human influence’

Reducing State’s emissions by half over next 10 years ‘feasible’

Forum on climate ambitions hears about ‘challenge of the decade’ from Eamon Ryan

Ban on licences for new oil and gas comes into force following Cabinet decision

New appointments to Climate Change Advisory Council coinciding with enhanced role

Enhancing key climate datasets and what it tells us about temperature targets

Every 0.1 degree matters as the world attempts to keep within 1.5-degree rise

Is Ireland stuck with outlier countries unable to slash carbon emissions?

EU stands at crossroads on climate change and Ireland is heading in wrong direction

Achieving 7% emissions reduction will not happen immediately - scientist

Scale of action requires changing direction of the whole economy, says Prof Peter Thorne

Where’s the beef? Outdated data leads to uncertainty on way forward

At beef and dairy farm level there is a growing emphasis on practicalities over conflicting research on carbon efficiency

Climate crisis: What action should we expect from the next government?

As Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael near coalition, all parties face calls for further climate action

Sea-level rise could double extreme coastal flood events every five years

Ireland is already experiencing bigger storm surges exacerbated by the sea level rise

Is Ireland prepared for a wetter future?

Traditional political cures for flooding may not be effective in the years ahead

A €1bn insurance bill could help us take climate change seriously

It is only a matter of time before a huge storm surge hits the country, an academic says

Almost 13,000 Dublin homes will be affected by climate change – EPA

Increased storms and higher sea levels will give rise to extreme costal flooding

Storm of criticism over Lorenzo ‘hype’ ignores weather unpredictability

Analysis: Better to be overprepared and wrong than underprepared and wrong

Oceans report makes Irish action on climate change more urgent, experts say

‘Ireland has received bailout from oceans up to now, but now comes the payback’

Reliance on beef and dairying makes Ireland vulnerable – climate expert

Campaigners and Greens endorse UN call for land-use plan for changing climate

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