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The big takeaway from Cop27? These climate conferences just aren’t working

Their hijacking by the fossil fuel sector, and failure, year on year, to do the job they were set up to do, surely means that Cop is no longer fit for purpose.

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Wealthy countries to pay trillions of euro in key Cop27 deal

Dissenting voices unhappy with summit for retreat on emissions cuts and ending fossil fuel use

Cop27 explainer: Big winners and losers

Biggest emitters will make payments to poorest states, but activists unhappy at pace of change

The Irish Times view on the Cop27 summit: deal done but climate action is now what is needed

The agreement on a new fund to compensate developing countries hit by climate disasters is welcome, but the summit still leaves the planet in peril

Cop27: Loss-and-damage fund text criticised for ignoring the dinosaur in the room

‘There is nothing in there on fossil fuels, meaning nothing on the actual cause of climate change’

Cop27: Burning of fossil fuels relegated to side issue

Analysis: Primary success is establishment of a loss-and-damage fund; also adapting societies to effects of climate crisis

Fund to assist countries affected by climate change is ‘landmark moment’, say Irish NGOs

Cop27 summit concludes with agreement for loss-and-damage fund but fails to include phase-out of fossil fuels

The COP jamboree desperately needs a reboot

Gap between promise and reality is spurring a welcome raft of ideas to bring more scientific rigour and accountability to COP commitments

Cop27: Deal reached to set up fund for developing countries hit by climate crisis

EU, which threatened to walk away from negotiations, criticises weak outcome on key 1.5-degree ambition

Cop27: ‘Historic’ deal reached to compensate countries hit by climate disaster

Summit kicked many of the most controversial decisions on the fund into next year

Cop27: Deep divisions threaten deal to tackle climate crisis

World’s poorest countries denounced rich for delaying action and refusing financial assistance to those suffering extreme weather

Success outside negotiation rooms suggests this year’s Cop27 is no flop

Progress can be found beyond glossy schemes and projects wrapping status quo in greenwashed aura

Cop27: EU proposes radical loss-and-damage funding in effort to break deadlock

Climate summit extended into weekend as Minister for Environment Eamon Ryan leads intense EU negotiations

Cop 27: EU tables ‘loss and damage’ proposal in bid to break summit stalemate

Eamon Ryan says it is an opportunity for agreement but warns of difficult negotiations ahead

Cop27 deadlocked over loss and damage issue with developing countries digging in

EU says any new mechanism must support climate-vulnerable countries - Eamon Ryan

Eamon Ryan takes the lead for Europe at Cop27 as climate summit enters crucial few hours

Inside Politics: Russian ambassador to be summoned following imposition of sanctions on Irish politicians

Cop27: UN publishes draft climate deal amid concerns over reaching agreement

Twenty-page document repeats many of last year’s goals while leaving contentious issues unresolved

Climate defeatism: If we are already doomed, why bother?

Unthinkable: Political theorist Catriona McKinnon has a message for those feeling fatalistic about climate change

Biodiversity and climate crises need to be urgently addressed in tandem

Irish Government can lead the way on ambitious nature restoration law in Brussels

Europe accelerating away from fossil fuels despite Ukraine war, says Eamon Ryan

Friends of the Earth calls on Ireland to champion fossil fuel phase-out in Cop27 cover decision

Cop27: Loss-and-damage progress as pace of talks accelerates

Republic’s Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan to lead EU team on negotiations regarding litmus test issue

Cop27: Lack of women leaders impairing global climate response - Mary Robinson

Women tend to have lots of questions on ‘lifestyle changes we need to make to live more sustainably’

Cop27: Concerns grow over progress on climate finance and temperature goal

Some reports suggest negotiations due to conclude on Friday are in disarray

Cop27: ‘Paris agreement for nature’ sought by architects of landmark climate pact

‘The climate and nature agendas are entwined,’ experts warn ahead of biodiversity conference in Montreal

Timmermans arrives at Cop27 to underline EU climate commitments backed by new target

Return of Brazil to UN climate action fold coincides with arrival of President Lula

Global effort to rapidly ramp-up offshore wind energy gaining momentum, Cop27 told

Collaboration on developing offshore wind set to be ‘the peace project of our time’ – Eamon Ryan

Sunak urges officials with concerns about Raab to come forward

Top civil servant said justice secretary was so ‘demeaning and abrasive’ to junior colleagues that many were ‘scared’ to enter his office

World population passes eight billion as UN warns of climate-change hardship

India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation next year

Dr Muiris Houston: How climate change is hurting our health in Ireland

We are at higher risk of emerging diseases, heat-related illnesses and mental-health issues

Ireland has no choice but to reduce its emissions, says Ryan

‘We will deliver those reductions because not doing so is not politically tenable’

Ireland improves climate performance in latest global index but ‘rebounding emissions’ an issue

Government delivery remains weak with many measures delayed or ignored, CCPI finds

Fears of backsliding on 1.5 degree target risks undermining Cop27 outcome

Eamon Ryan calls on countries attending summit in Egypt to hold firm on target

Businesses are forced into greenwashing by our outdated, badly designed energy market

Are people being misinformed about our renewable energy usage?

Cop27 hears of key blockages to critical Paris temperature goals

Expert group gives 10 key messages indicating 1.5 degrees is realisable but climate risk growing

Ireland at Cop27: ‘We need more emissions reductions to be credible leaders’

Irish delegates give their verdicts – and spell out hopes for a good outcome in addressing worsening climate crisis

Activists highlight Ireland’s famine history as they call for climate action

Protest at Custom House Quay was organised by the Stop Climate Chaos coalition

Mary Robinson criticises lack of climate leadership from wealthy countries at Cop27

Elders chairwoman calls for new movement: ‘We’re not on course for a safe world’

Ireland’s mildest ever November night ‘indicative of climate change’, says forecaster

Winds on Thursday strong enough to generate more than 80% of island’s electricity demand

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