1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (633+ words) The climate system on which we depend for everything is breaking down before our eyes. The scale and speed of what is happening is truly terrifying and requires an emergency response that jolts us out of our inaction. Those key…...

11+ hour, 38+ min ago   (521+ words) Firefighters in France and Spain were racing against the clock to get control of ferocious wildfires that have burned through vast areas of the Mediterranean as another heatwave closes in. French president Emmanuel Macron warned that conditions would get tougher…...

19+ hour, 32+ min ago   (407+ words) A combination of an unusually wet winter, very low rainfall since spring and repeated record-breaking summer heatwaves is likely to explain why wildfires have ignited, spread and resisted control so readily across France and Spain in recent days. About 90 per…...

22+ hour, 42+ min ago   (161+ words) Firefighters in France and Spain are battling wildfires that have already forced evacuation orders affecting hundreds of thousands of people. In France, fires have ravaged the Cap Ferret peninsula on the Atlantic coast, a popular tourist destination, and spread through…...

22+ hour, 48+ min ago   (837+ words) French president Emmanuel Macron has called a crisis meeting focusing on uncontrolled wildfires that have forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes. The move comes amid a first glimmer of hope that the spread of the largest blaze may…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (398+ words) The Spanish government on Thursday night declared a ‌national emergency after a series of wildfires threatened communities near Madrid and in the neighbouring province of ‌Avila, forcing more than 10,000 people to evacuate as firefighters struggled to contain the blazes. The…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (530+ words) Millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa have already been forced “on the move” by the global climate crisis, with millions more set to follow, former World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Mike Ryan has said. “The reality is that the poorest…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (678+ words) Cities can be a lot hotter than surrounding countryside. Anyone who has visited a big city in a heatwave will be familiar with the amplification of heat by concrete, asphalt and stone surfaces. This is termed the urban heat island…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (576+ words) The Irish Times Move to a four-day week and ditch plastic straws: 10 steps to boost your sustainability Simple measures alongside long-term ones can help businesses fight against climate change Here are 10 ways to make your business more sustainable: It’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (659+ words) It’s nine years ago this month since German biologist and eco-philosopher Andreas Weber spoke in Dublin about how it was time to embrace a mind/body connection with the natural world in all its fragility and strength. This mutual relationship…...