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Ireland's Changing Climate

November 2019

Members of Extinction Rebellion responding to Leo Varadkar's comments that climate change will have positive effects
Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Extinction Rebellion protesters brave the rain in shorts and swimwear to highlight 'Leo's fantasy island'

Extinction Rebellion protesters braved the pouring rain this afternoon outside Leinster House as they kitted out in bikinis, flip flops and sunglasses in response to Leo Varadkar’s controversial comments about climate change.

September 2016

'The world is warming and the response from governments across the world is not sufficient to prevent dangerous change'. Stock photo: Getty

We can help to tackle climate change

Back in 1997, governments from across the globe signed the Kyoto Protocol, which imposed legally binding restrictions for the first time on greenhouse gas emissions. Not until 2005 was it ratified.

December 2015

‘Different parts of the Earth will see different changes in temperature’

There is no Planet B and Ireland is not immune to climate change

Our weather is going to change, in some ways quite dramatically, in the decades ahead.

November 2015

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech for the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Paul Melia in Paris: global peace at stake in climate change issue, Hollande says

GLOBAL peace is at stake unless countries act together to tackle climate change.

Protesters at the climate change march in Dublin yesterday

Climate Change Q & A: Prospect of a deal has never been better

What is happening in Paris? A total of 147 governments will attend the 21st so-called Conference of the Parties (COP) in an attempt to hammer out a deal to address climate change.

Sophie Pettus and Sarah Kinnen taking part in the climate march in Galway yesterday

Calls for Government to show leadership on environment

Hundreds of people took to the streets around Ireland yesterday to call for action on climate change in advance of the summit in Paris.

Protesters calling for action on climate change in Dublin today, on the eve of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s address to the UN Climate Summit in Paris.
Picture by Fergal Phillips.

Ireland's changing climate: Hundreds demonstrate to demand action

HUNDREDS of people have taken part in demonstrations demanding action on climate change.

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 lead to a historic new global deal to reduce carbon emissions.

A youngster enjoying sunshine in Dalkey Co.Dublin earlier this year
Pic: Justin Farrelly.

Irish summer days will be 2.6C hotter

Average temperatures will rise and summer days will be as much as 2.6C warmer by the middle of this century unless there is concerted action to address climate change.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I often wonder why we, as a species, do so little about addressing climate change.

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.

Consumers offered incentive: Turn off appliances to earn money back

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

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.

France's President Francois Hollande leaves a news conference on climate change for agricultural sector before the upcoming COP21 World Climate Summit

Leaders to defy terror threat by attending Paris climate summit

The attacks in Paris are affecting crucial climate change talks in the French capital starting later this month - but more than 120 world leaders strongly support the conference and have confirmed they will attend, a senior UN official said on Friday.

A sheep with snow on its head stands in a meadow near Apfeltrang, southern Germany. Chilly weather is on the way here too

First real frost of the winter hits commuters

Commuters took to icy roads this morning after the "first serious frost of the season" hit the country.

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

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

At least 45,000 homes and businesses are at risk of flooding but more will be threatened as climate change takes hold.

'Sea levels will rise, and rainfall patterns will change, with significant regional and local variations expected'

What will climate change really mean for Ireland?

Weather and climate have been observed in a systematic way in Ireland for over 150 years, and we know a great deal about past weather and climate patterns.

Ireland became both wetter and warmer in course of a generation

Ireland has become wetter and warmer over the course of a generation as climate change takes hold. Parts of the country are enduring as many as 18 extra days of rainfall a year while average daily temperatures have increased by as much as 1C, an analysis of more than 50 years of weather data shows.

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