Full coverage: Climate change

As Kamala Harris prepares to face a climate-sceptic Donald Trump in the US, new green policies are emerging in the EU and other countries where this mammoth global electoral year is further advanced.

There are three big reasons migration is forever: Our economy will continue to need migrants, inward migration is rising secularly over the last decade into Europe thanks to waves of conflict and change, and millions more will be further displaced by climate change in the coming years.   

New data points to momentum in reducing public sector energy emissions, but fossil fuel use is still high. Private firms face similar challenges as efficiency gains come slow. Will progress come too late?

For the past five years, Sarah Merrigan has built a business importing the best Spanish oils to Ireland. But as Irish demand grows and becomes more discerning, climate change has decimated Spanish supply.

Rising temperatures across the world are making many regions uninhabitable, resulting in mass population shifts. Nations must now start to accept immigration as a climate adaptation strategy.

Experts warn of long-term shifts in the conditions that have made Ireland outperform in the global food chain. Can the industry adapt?

As climate-induced extremes become annual events, there are question marks over the insurance industry’s willingness to offer cover for homes and businesses. Now, the State’s costs look set to skyrocket.

Eddie O’Connor, who died last week, was a world leader in the development of offshore power and the driving force behind a European supergrid. How can we bring his ideas to fruition?

Irrespective of the progress achieved by international talks, the world will move on from fossil fuels. 2024 is the year for business leaders to meet the climate expectations of customers, investors and regulators.

Revenue and profits surged in 2022 at the Irish low-carbon cement manufacturer backed by Dermot Desmond and Bill Gates.