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

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

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

New appointments to Climate Change Advisory Council coinciding with enhanced role

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political bickering threatens to overshadow Oireachtas committee’s radical proposals

They have fewer resources to prepare for the storms or to survive their effects

Prof Ray Bates says recent report ignored ‘important evidence’ reducing threat level

Ireland has potential to adopt ‘nature-based solutions’ such as the use of peatlands to capture carbon dioxide, climate expert says

Kevin O'Sulivan on the climate policies we don't have and the ones we should have

Measure would not have been a panacea but an important step in underlining intent

Landmark report predicts extreme weather, food shortages and coral die-off by 2040

Dr Hoesung Lee pays tribute to Ireland’s ‘generosity’ to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Despite rains, Dublin experiencing worst drought since records began 168 years ago

Weakening of Gulf Stream could result in rapid temperature increases

Maynooth’s Peter Thorne says panel’s work crucial in shaping response to global warming

Q&A: As storm Emma moves up to meet easterly cold front, how will it impact on Ireland?

A climate scientist at Maynooth university explains what is likely to happen in coming days

Evidence shows strong links between extreme events and human-caused warming

Volcanic activity will be ‘joker in the pack’ for world climate, new study predicts

Climate experts believe global warming increased ferocity of Tuesday’s storm