Micheál Martin delivered a speech to the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil on Thursday.

Speaking to the Irish Times, Micheál Martin said: "I will be going to Cop30 in Brazil with the clear message that Ireland remains steadfast in our commitment to tackle climate change.”

A total of €897,000 has been allocated

The Climate Change Advisory Council has called for immediate action to prepare for extreme weather events as storm season looms

The Stormont Environment Minister also appealed for the support of his ministerial colleague to tackle the issues facing the lough.

A guidance document on how to discuss the impact of global warming said there was high confidence that maximum rainfall rates will rise here.

As part of the programme, each project created tools, resources and approaches to assist their communities to take meaningful action on climate change

More than 8 out of 10 Irish respondents also feel reducing fossil fuel imports from outside the EU will improve energy security and benefit the EU economically.

Ireland will not meet its EU Effort Sharing Regulation target of 42 per cent reduction by 2030, instead a maximum reduction of 22 per cent is projected.

Wind Energy Ireland chief executive Noel Cunniffe has said the Government needs to act during a ‘decisive window’.

Images from the European Union's Copernicus satellite show a difference in vegetation near Nenagh in Co Tipperary

Climate change was selected by 43 per cent of farmers as one of the three most important issues they face out of a list of eight.

The Peaceplus funding will contribute towards preserving coastal and natural resources.

Guatemala is vulnerable to the effects of climate change which is forcing its indigenous people further into poverty.

Micheál Martin spoke out after a report warned of the cost of failing to reach green targets.

The potential cost of missing Ireland’s emissions targets could reach a staggering €27 billion, according to a new report.

Both cases were taken by the Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE), which also has a live challenge to the 2024 climate action plan

Severe storms are likely to become more frequent in Ireland as the effects of climate change become more apparent, and January’s storm is a stark reminder of that

St Brigid’s Club in Kiltoom, Co Roscommon, has become a help centre for locals following Storm Éowyn.

Sites across Ireland reported losses in the huge storm.

Seven of the top 10 warmest years have occurred since 2005

73 per cent of young people aged between 14 and 29 are stressed about the impacts of climate change.

Labour emerged as the party with the best climate action policies in the assessment commissioned by Friends of the Earth.

The Fianna Fáil leader refused claims of a split over the infrastructure and climate fund.

Roderic O’Gorman said the parties do not want a coalition partner that is as ‘robust and determined’ to push for its manifesto goals as the Greens.

John Fahy described driving home during the worst of the storm, which hit southern Spain on Tuesday.

An association representing US airlines has also brought a court challenge to a cap on passenger numbers at Dublin Airport for next summer

It includes changes to An Bord Pleanala and reforming the process for taking judicial reviews.

The Irish meteorological service, the UK’s Met Office and the Netherlands’ KNMI have each contributed seven names to the new list.

A “temperature event” of 33 degrees in Dublin’s Phoenix Park has gone from being a once in 180-years event to a once in nine-years event

It comes a day after Eamon Ryan said he would be stepping down as party leader.

More than a dozen severe storms swept over Ireland and the UK between October and March, the research noted

In an experiment, three in four estimated older people’s concern to be lower than the demographic reported when asked themselves.

Simon Harris was speaking during a visit to Co Kildare on Thursday.

The Climate Change Advisory Council has warned that renewable electricity generation in Ireland is ‘significantly below required increase’.

Grace O'Sullivan, a Ireland South MEP, says many questions she has been asked when canvassing has been on climate.

Saoirse McHugh, who ran in the 2019 European elections and the 2020 General Election, has called for the EU to stop trading with Israel.

Nadia Calvino said the investment had benefited climate infrastructure, schools and healthcare.

The former president said there was a need for urgency and leadership on climate, adding ‘time is of the essence’.

Donegal farmer Jamie Rankin was able to plant 10 acres of potatoes last Thursday, bucking the national trend

Minister of State Martin Hayden told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show that “nothing is off the table” in terms of support

Many big and small potato farmers are warning that the Irish favourite variety of Rooster may be in scarce supply by June

The agriculture-dominated country is threatened by an increase in extreme weather events, including cyclones.