Energy & Environment

European trends in climate litigation

Climate litigation, as a way of advancing a variety of strategic environmental aims, has increased over the past 30 years.…

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The circular economy and climate ambitions

Assistant Secretary leading the Circular Economy, Natural Resources and Waste Policy function in the Department of the Environment, Climate and…

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Developing sustainable buildings through circular design

The construction sector is witnessing an unprecedented policy and regulatory environment for climate-related legislation and action plans in Ireland. Organisations…

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‘Now or never’ for limiting warming

Immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors are required if global warming is to be limited to 1.5oC, the…

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All-Ireland Pollinator Plan: Boosting biodiversity

Úna FitzPatrick, Project Manager of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (AIPP), discusses how the plan, now in its second iteration, can…

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Harnessing Ireland’s wind and hydrogen potential

In light of increasing energy prices and the need to source energy from alternative sources, the European Union is stepping…

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Green deal: Environmental compliance

Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, Director of Compliance, Governance and Support to member states in the European Commission’s DG Environment says that much…

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The future of waste to energy

The thermal treatment of waste to recover energy is not a new concept, writes Catherine Joyce-O’Caollai, Corporate Affairs Manager of…

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Fit for 55: Fast-tracking public renewable energy projects

Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South, Seán Kelly, speaks to eolas about his proposals under the EU’s Fit for 55…

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Harnessing the potential of AI to enable more powerful processing and analysis of earth observation data

Artificial intelligence (AI) modelling is only possible with large amounts of quality data. ‘Garbage in, garbage out’ is an often-quoted…

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