📣📣📣 A major warning has finally surfaced... The UK government quietly published a shortened intelligence report revealing that global ecosystem collapse is now a direct threat to our national security. Read more, by Rupert Read.

Amplifying feedbacks could drive Greenland ice sheet to near-complete disappearance Greenland Ice Sheet contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by approximately 7.4 meters Why Trump wants Greenland phys.org/news/2026-01...

Demented Don doesn't understand the difference between weather and climate. Maybe he should've paid more attention at school.

"The [Law] [S]ociety said a “sustained political campaign” in the lead up to the proposed scales had faulted the justice system for delays in housing and infrastructure delivery, but no evidence was provided to support that." www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

It was clear three years ago that Europe switching from Russian to American gas was simply handing its carbon leash to another master. This is a new analysis that reiterates the need to eliminate gas reliance - if not for climate, then for safety from despotic regimes www.ecologic.eu/20338

"European countries now reliant on US liquified natural gas shipments, creating risk of higher bills amid recent tensions" We in the climate space have been warning against this for years now. The Adults In The Room all kept insisting we had to switch gas providers for "energy security". Well, look

Bloomberg News: "Meanwhile, Ireland’s Central Bank found that the physical fallout of climate change is feeding through to borrowing costs across sectors ..."

Poetic justice www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way

Our anti environment government strikes again. Solar PV grants wound down. m.independent.ie/regionals/co...

The sooner-than-expected impacts of climate change could cost the world trillions of dollars. A report warns that we may have seriously underestimated the rate of warming, which could damage economic growth.

The AMOC isn’t just losing speed but also becoming less effective at its job of moving heat. This "suggests the decline may not be a gentle, predictable slope, but an accelerating curve, with climate consequences that could arrive faster and with greater force than previous models suggested." 👇

🚨🇮🇪 A single Dublin data centre found to consume as much power as 200000 homes. Uncovered by @lnbdublin.bsky.social Reported by Jack Horgan Jones @irishtimes.com

The Government is seeking to dramatically erode public right of access to justice via courts by imposing prohibitively expensive costs on those challenging unlawful planning or policy. Today is the last day for making submissions, please have your voice heard. www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...

Everything that's wrong with Ireland in one screenshot.

One of the best pieces I've read in The Irish Times in years! Spot on @jenniecstephens.bsky.social!

2025 global climate highlights are out: 🌡️ 2025 was 3rd warmest year on record, 1.47ºC above the preindustrial level 📈 2023-2025 is the first three year period above 1.5ºC (according to ERA5) 🌍 The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record See: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima... ⚒️🧪🌊

The current government want to make Judicial Reviews probhibitively expensive for environmental cases. This is fundamentally undemocratic, unconstitutional and unlawful. It will put access to justice out of reach for many. email [email protected] with your submission before 5.30pm 15th Jan.

This is complete madness. Ireland already has 90. Far more per capita than other nations. We are outliers in just how many data centres we have. And many more already have planning We do not have enough electricity We do not have enough water This will come at the cost of housing connections

So often, a judicial review has been the only way communities can defend their local ecosystems, like the wild native kelp forests in Bantry Bay, West Cork. Now the government wants to put that avenue out of reach. Please tell them you're totally against this disgraceful step.

Cycle Paths In The Netherlands & Belgium Compared To Their Neighbours brilliantmaps.com/cycle-pat...

#ClimateEmergency "Hotter oceans contribute to rising sea levels, disrupt fragile marine ecosystems and fuel extreme weather." www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...

An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest carbon emitters?

Plagued by #Flooding, an #African City Reengineers Its #Wetlands e360.yale.edu/features/kig...

Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest. The government now wants to make it super expensive (>€100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment Please read and take action 👇

Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead. Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

The world is on course for a 2.6°C increase. ' that means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa' Sea level rise will only be a secondary concern after this. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

✓ Increasingly expensive disaster costs ✓ Higher reinsurance pricing (insurance for insurers) ✓ Insurers reassess their portfolio exposure / raise premiums ✓ Replacement costs rise ✓ More people move to high-risk areas ✓ Home values decline ...and more. The link? Growing risks from climate change.

File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B**** grist.org/oceans/hey-s...

Tidal barrier anyone?

My nearest and dearest asked 'what's Bluesky?' 'Antifa Twitter' I said

We want clean, cheap, renewable energy, not LNG! Sign and share this petition to keep expensive and dirty LNG out of Ireland. LNG will drive up electricity bills, accelerate climate collapse making storms more dangerous and frequent. my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie

“Objectors will be on hook to pay six-figure legal costs under JR clampdown” Judicial Review is about ensuring public bodies comply with the law. Upholding democratic laws isn’t “objecting” Language matters @conalthomas90.bsky.social @wayneoconnor.bsky.social www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...

East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated Which means net zero 2050 it totally inadequate as its much worse than current predictions www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

Miami is ground zero for Sea Level Rise (SLR). They build walls & install pumps, but it rises through the the limestone substrate anyway. Cork has a porus substrate too, and a perched aquifer, which moves in tandem with the tides. SLR will be non-linear also. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIqb...

More questionable headlines in relation to cyclists. The issue here is the design of the greenaway, not the users of it. The Netherlands separate all their greenways / cycle lanes between cyclists and walkers. Source: Irish Examiner search.app/6uWjA

So, nothing was learned from the SHD debacle. #planning www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

'Doomsday Glacier' is melting faster than anyone thought possible Thwaites is responsible for 4% of all sea-level rise At 75 miles wide and 1.2 miles thick, its complete meltdown will unleash enough water to put half a metre (1.6ft) on global sea levels www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth...

EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’ - and all the Commission seem interested in doing is throwing more fuel on the fire. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wild, native plants growing in rivers are not litter and don't need to be 'cleaned'. After farm pollution, digging up rivers is the biggest reason for poor health of rivers in Ireland. www.mayonews.ie/news/westpor...

Ireland's natural environment in very poor condition, says the EU. 'Water quality is also assessed as “poor”... Agriculture, forestry, urban sewage discharges and artificial interference with water flows and riverbanks are the main pressures it cites.' www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

'The sign of a healthy economy is drinkable rivers' www.facebook.com/share/r/1BDr...

Ivy is buzzing, literally, with bees, hoverflies, wasps, and butterflies at this time of year. It provides vital late autumn pollen and nectar to vast numbers of insects. Its berries are vital for birds in the depths of winter. Ivy is amazing. Preserve it.

Localised severe flooding is going to become more frequent. It won't be possible to protect everywhere using current 'drainage' methods. Whole catchment and upstream storage is the most effective and cost efficient way to achieve this. m.independent.ie/regionals/ti...

It happened again. Glashaboy flood relief scheme in Glanmire cost overrun is 316% From €12m budget to €38m cost. This is typical for OPW FRS works. Upstream storage would have been a fraction of this, less than €5m. Now multiply this by hundreds of projects. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Singapore, always leading from the front, will be building tidal barriers to protect their city-state from SLR. Who's next? www.straitstimes.com/singapore/en...

Sponge cities are amazing & their champion, Kongjian Yu. www.linkedin.com/posts/biophi...

Government underinvestment in nature is not just neglect. It’s a slow death for the land and waters we love and the rejection of any potential nature restoration. Ciarán Brennan of the Irish Environmental Network poses many important questions here.

That's the reason we are living with the consequences of bad and corrupt decisions today. FF have clearly learned nothing from their past. m.independent.ie/irish-news/s...