World Meteorological Organisation

Real value of Glasgow conference was as a whole-of-world event for a global crisis

Met Éireann expert says global warming like a ‘performance enhancing drug’ for weather events

A guide to influential representatives from science, academia, business and unions

What’s happening when it comes to climate change, what are the targets and why do we need to up our game?

Thousands of holidaymakers evacuated from resorts as country fights over 50 blazes

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

Lockdowns have given us time to imagine a changed world after the pandemic

World Meteorological Organisation says odds are increasing of temporary breach

Taoiseach claims ‘historic development’ as he emerges from marathon debate with fellow EU leaders

People and wildlife at risk from greater heat, sea level rises and extreme weather

Some 87% of glaciers along west coast have retreated over the past 50 years

Last decade was also hottest in 150 years of records, evidence from data sets shows

Ecologists doubled estimate of number of animals killed or injured in fires to 1 billion

It is also the infrastructure that will enable smart cities, remotely controlled surgery, drone deliveries and more

Campaigning Swedish teenager set to attend UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid

Weather expert Gerald Fleming flags examples that may derail State before 2050

Climate activist Greta Thunberg encapsulated growing anger at politicians with her blistering criticisms in New York this week

. . . Summer

UN body says hot air could cause record melting of world’s second-largest ice sheet

Netherlands and Belgium have hottest days ever recorded in heatwave linked by experts to climate change

Temperatures in France’s Gard region hit all-time high of 45.9C on Friday

Forty of Spain’s 50 regions placed under weather alert as temperatures soar

France hits record 45.9 degrees as heatwave leads to emergency conditions across Europe

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

World Meteorological Organisation confirms 2018 was fourth hottest year on record

Current five-year stretch collectively hottest period since modern measurements began

Oireachtas committee criticises broadcaster for low level of environmental coverage

Strong indications that Irish citizens are supportive of collective action

Concentrations of carbon dioxide hit levels not seen for millions of years

Presenter will retire after 37 years with Met Éireann but will continue to be involved in weather matters

As Citizens’ Assembly turns to environment, it is clear Government is shirking challenge

Rise due to human activity and an El Niño climate effect

How Ophelia was managed is being held out as a textbook example of crisis management

Amid denial and inefficiency, Ireland refuses to get serious about the climate crisis

Sixteen of 17 hottest years have occurred this century, as climate change advances

Wave off the coast of the Outer Hebrides was the highest-ever detected by a buoy

Trump’s claim that climate change science is a “scam” contrasts starkly with the mood of political leaders gathered in Marrakech

Public pay talks; rail costs; Morocco summit; New Zealand earthquake; Trump latest

UN predicts 2016 will be hottest year on record as representatives meet on Paris accord

US president-elect has promised to tear up the Paris climate accord ratified last year