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Monday 17 December 2018

Global issue: It is hoped that the two weeks of negotiations in Paris will lead to a historic deal to hold global warming to a 2C rise

Reasons to be cheerful on climate change deal

Has the moment of truth arrived? A traumatised Paris will be in lockdown this week as more than 140 world leaders, including Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of China, fly into the city for the start of two weeks of climate change negotiations which the UN hopes will...

Kenny to address UN climate summit

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will join global leaders including US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the UN climate summit in Paris next week.

Connemara’s Leenaun Bridge was devastated in 2007

Bridge too far as weather ravages vital links

Key infrastructure including bridges, railway lines and water treatment plants are under increasing threat from climate change.

Dr Brian Motherway, outgoing CEO of SEAI, with the report

Energy use falls for second year despite growth

Energy use has fallen slightly for the second year in a row, despite pronounced economic growth.

Getting in tune with nature worth €565m

Mother Nature has given the music industry a €565m shot in the arm by inspiring artists to craft songs based on the natural world.

Turn off appliances to earn some more money

Homeowners who agree to curb their electricity consumption at peak times will be paid for helping to reduce demand.

Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), at the presentation of the report in Geneva

Temperatures reach 'significant milestone'

Global average temperatures will be the warmest on record due to human influence on the climate, a major report has warned.

Norman Crowley: It is time that we approached the challenge of climate change with a sense of opportunity and optimism, rather than guilt and...

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Photovoltaic (PV) panels on the Nenagh Civic Offices

County Council saves €30,000 with solar panels

Photovoltaic (PV) panels installed by a local authority in one of the biggest large-scale deployments across the country are saving the council €30,000 a year.

By 2020, some 16pc of all electricity must be generated from renewable sources

Critics of wind energy 'stoke fake technology fears' despite success

Public debate about wind energy is being fuelled by misinformation and there is a need to have "consensus-seeking" conversations with communities about the roll-out of turbines.

Prince Charles: climate change linked to conflict and terrorism

Cork has the most at-risk areas of anywhere in the country, with 33.

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Reasons to be cheerful on climate change deal

Kenny to address UN climate summit

Bridge too far as weather ravages vital links

Energy use falls for second year despite growth

Getting in tune with nature worth €565m

Turn off appliances to earn some more money

Temperatures reach 'significant milestone'

Norman Crowley: It is time that we approached the challenge of climate change with a sense of opportunity and optimism, rather than guilt and...

County Council saves €30,000 with solar panels

Critics of wind energy 'stoke fake technology fears' despite success

45,000 homes and businesses at risk of floods as climate change takes hold

Leaders to defy terror threat by attending Paris climate summit

First real frost of the winter hits commuters

Ireland became both wetter and warmer in course of a generation

What will climate change really mean for Ireland?

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