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Full coverage: Climate change

Tara Shine: Untangling the web of climate jargon for business leaders

Running your business sustainably begins with understanding what you’re talking about. From biodiversity to zero waste, this is a quick guide to the words behind the action.

Tara Shine
4th Dec, 2023 - 7 min read

Kevin McPartlan on net-zero: “If you’re interested in efficacy, rather than ideological purity, you have to take a technology-neutral approach”

Kevin McPartlan represents forecourt retailers, home fuel distributors and an oil refinery. Despite the consensus for net-zero carbon emissions, he sees a future for his industry.

Sean Keyes
4th Dec, 2023 - 6 min read

Moment of reckoning: Will the world’s richest show up to support those on the climate frontline at COP28?

Ireland has had a seat at the table in key negotiations to set up a fund to support the world’s poorest from the worst impacts of climate change. Climate talks opening today will reveal how much the global North is willing to chip in.

Niall Sargent
30th Nov, 2023 - 8 min read

Some State money still invested in fossil fuels as cracks in the Divestment Act start to show

Pioneering legislation drove ISIF to sell off most of its fossil fuel investments, but not all. Billions in private bonds and shares also continue to flow to the industry through Ireland.

Niall Sargent
22nd Nov, 2023 - 4 min read

Hiding in plain sight: Why authorities have failed to tackle unregulated peat extraction

Complex rules and decades of inaction in tackling unlicensed activity have left the courtroom as the last avenue for change. The environmental watchdog is now leading the charge.

Niall Sargent
10th Nov, 2023 - 5 min read

Miners and farmers: Crowley on the decarbonisation drive behind CoolPlanet’s recovery

When Covid-19 decimated revenue from energy projects, Norman Crowley refocused his business on its data-crunching software. Now CoolPlanet is adding mining EVs to its offering and Crowley is upfront about what works and what doesn’t (especially livestock farming).

Thomas Hubert
27th Oct, 2023 - 12 min read

Stephen Kinsella: The bare maximum, or more flooding forever, it’s our choice 

The fiscal costs of climate change are going to be very large, there is no getting around that. We just need to decide when to incur the costs, and at what speed to adjust our way of life. We have chosen, so far, to do neither.  

Stephen Kinsella
26th Oct, 2023 - 6 min read

“This isn’t just about energy. Climate tech touches every sector”

Backed with €68 million of ISIF money, the $4 billion New York investment firm Energy Impact Partners is seeking companies to back while nurturing Ireland’s climate tech ecosystem.

John Reynolds
23rd Oct, 2023 - 6 min read

Stephen Kinsella: Government inaction on climate change is going to cost us

A major new report from the Fiscal Advisory Council has modelled the impact of climate change on our finances and it is not pretty. It is high time our politicians started explaining those costs to people as honestly as possible.

Stephen Kinsella
5th Oct, 2023 - 6 min read

Carbon, tendering points and staff morale: Why a new 35,000sqm Dublin warehousing complex is made of wood

High steel prices and demand for green standards have pushed developer Newpark Real Estate to switch to timber frames for its latest industrial buildings. Its financial backer Bain Capital supports the move.

Thomas Hubert
26th Sep, 2023 - 7 min read
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