Full coverage: Environment

Years of foot-dragging leaves Ireland potentially facing some of the steepest daily penalties ever sought by the European Commission as it takes Ireland to the Court of Justice of the European Union over recurrent urban wastewater treatment failures.

The Institute of Sustainability Studies is merging with Future Planet. Sustainability expert Niall Collins will lead the combined entities.

From semiconductor physics to the courtroom, Fred Logue has emerged as the architect of Ireland’s most significant strategic climate litigation. In an in-depth interview, he reflects on his accidental path to the law, the high-profile detour into planning judicial reviews, and his renewed focus on putting his clients on the State's climate agenda.

Dublin start-up EclimAI uses AI and computer vision to reduce energy waste, lower costs and cut carbon emissions in buildings. Having proven the concept at home, they are now raising funds to take the business into the US and Europe.

Researchers and city planners are coming up with innovative techniques to help cities adapt to a warmer climate, writes Andrew Blackman, The Wall Street Journal.

Trump and his war on Iran are doing wonders to revive stalled decarbonisation efforts. Emergencies make what was impossible possible.

An Taisce brought the planning appeal against the grant of retention planning to Sunville Construction Ltd, a company owned by the political dynasty, to keep processing rock at a quarry near Crohane. The rock is used in road construction, and clients include the local authority.

Change by Degrees, the business co-founded by Tara Shine and Madeleine Murray to help companies and their staff achieve “sustainability as a superpower”, is closing down in the face of green policy roll-backs.

For years, investors and regulators asked asset managers to go green. A Trump-led backlash tells them it no longer matters, or not now. Flooding shows nature doesn’t seem to get the message.

While Budget 2026 doesn’t fund the actions needed to meet 2030 targets, it gives companies opportunities to benefit from the green transition.