The Irish Times view on rising EV sales: sea change or false dawn?
Sales of electric vehicles have increased by over 40 per cent in the first seven months of 2026
Climate change
Our latest news coverage, analysis and comment on the global climate crisis
A Nazi motorbike and two dead soldiers: What’s been revealed as Europe’s waterways reach historic lows
As treasure-hunters prowl extended river banks with metal-detectors, shipping companies warn of surging prices
Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security
Idea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war
We should be on a wartime footing in fight against climate change
The authorities and citizens have urgent role to play in this emergency
World’s seas hit hottest temperature on record for July, say scientists
Western Europe has experienced its hottest June-July period on record, data shows
When faced by a crisis, there is nothing worse than feeling you have no control
Constant exposure to trauma and tragedy can distress and traumatise us, or make us feel guilty as ‘bystanders’
The low budget pollinator project that grew wings and created real change
Low-budget, highly ambitious project to restore populations of critical insects fast became a top nature-positive initiative
Should I weed my garden in a heatwave?
Climate change is demanding we adapt to new norms and make changes in how we garden
We need a wartime approach to the climate emergency
Ireland must make a national effort to reduce our fossil fuel consumption
Temperatures to reach 25 degrees as rain forecast for weekend
Met Éireann forecasts Friday will be mainly dry before rain develops in parts of the west and northwest overnight
Extreme heat breaks temperature records in central and eastern Europe
Temperature of 42 degrees seen in Slovakia as Austria and Hungary also swelter under record heat
Ireland could look like paradise to England’s heat refugees
We are used to climate refugees escaping heat and floods - just not being uncomfortable British pensioners
The climate crisis needs conductors, not just virtuosos
The answers to big global challenges can’t be found within single disciplines
The Irish Times view on the Hiroshima anniversary: A worldwide call to action
Eighty-one years on, the scientists behind the ‘Doomsday Clock’ say humanity has never been so close to self-extinction
Climate Act curbs could be considered to avert infrastructure ‘paralysis’, Chambers says
Comment comes after news Department of Public Expenditure officials proposed scrapping ‘linchpin’ of climate legislation
Weaponising climate laws: Ireland’s politicians and officials fuel the fire
It is unfathomable to learn that officials proposed scrapping the ‘linchpin’ of State climate legislation
The Irish Times view on Ireland’s EU presidency: wildfires send a clear message
Without a liveable environment, competitiveness will be an empty aspiration
How are European destinations popular with Irish tourists affected by extreme weather?
Thousands of tourists have faced evacuation and rescue from wildfires as temperatures remain high
Teenage dieting made me an expert in mental arithmetic
Although I learned metric in school in 1980s Britain, the architecture of shame and ambition around body weight was expressed in stone
Doubts raised about companies’ ability to meet EU climate targets
Minister has asked if flexibility will be allowed if firms do not fulfil carbon capture obligations
Ireland needs better hostels and more serviced camping sites
Pricey hotels and expensive rentals make holidaying at home prohibitively costly. We need better alternatives
Hungarian prime minister says Danube water levels may improve
Lack of water forcing nuclear reactors in Hungary and Romania to power down
Enoch Burke v Glen Hansard: Where is the line when it comes to protest?
There is evidence of shifting attitudes on what constitutes legitimate protest
Irish officials proposed scrapping ‘linchpin’ of climate legislation
Move would have ‘scuppered any notion that this Government takes climate action seriously’, environmentalists say
Ireland faces ‘damaging’ backlog of over 60 climate action measures, new report reveals
‘Legacy’ measures in latest Government progress report damaging in several ways
Fire-fighting helicopters collide mid-air near Athens, killing two
Europe’s wildfire emergency is at its worst in Greece, France and Spain, with entire communities forced to flee
Risks from Ireland’s ‘fire triangle’ are being exacerbated by human actions
While wildfires occur naturally in forests, grasslands and shrub lands, human actions are boosting all three components of the ‘fire triangle’
Irish ‘wine geese’ vineyards in Bordeaux under threat amid impact of wildfires and drought
Centuries-old French vineyards bearing the names of Irish founders hope to escape effects of wildfire smoke
‘What was a beautiful habitat now is black soot’: Ireland’s wildfires devastate wildlife
Mammals, small reptiles and amphibians losing shelter and food due to blazes in Tipperary, Wicklow and Waterford
A look at Dublin Bay’s ‘completely unique’ biosphere
In 2015, Unesco extended the reserve to the entirety of Dublin Bay, including Ireland’s Eye, which has 9,000 pairs of breeding seabirds across 11 different species
Have you seen the greenest place in Ireland? Where is it?
Have your say on who, where and what comprise the greenest people, places and projects countrywide
‘We couldn’t just stay home’: On night patrol with volunteer army fighting Bordeaux wildfires
From surf instructors to farmers, residents of France’s Atlantic coast have mobilised to help stop the country’s largest wildfire reigniting
EU weather records broken as multiple countries battle to contain wildfires
Three firefighters killed in Greece on Wednesday, hundreds of residents and tourists evacuated in France and Spain
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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