Kieran McCarthy, Director of KMC Homes in Cork, and Hannah Daly, Professor of Sustainable Energy at University College Cork, discuss the decision by Energy minister Darragh O'Brien to bring a boiler s...

npj Natural Hazards - Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward

Idea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war

Several aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector were later cut from the final version released to the public.

The answers to big global challenges can’t be found within single disciplines

In this episode, Elaine is joined by energy researcher Prof Hannah Daly to discuss the energy strain data centres represent for Ireland, the greenwashing that enables their proliferation in the fac...

The energy cost of data centres in Ireland

The evidence for and against the Atlantic's overturning current reaching a tipping point this century.

Learn about the Energy Policy and Modelling Group and our research at University College Cork

In a Word ... Climate

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Scientists raise alarm over proposal to ease Ireland’s climate obligations

If a State body is seriously proposing to impact on the environment, it should have overriding public interest stitched in from the outset

The AMOC is under threat from human-caused climate change, as warming seas, melting ice and increased rainfall upset the temperature and salt balance of the North Atlantic.

Minister for Energy and Climate Darragh O'Brien has said the Government is always looking to do more to make homes more energy efficient and to reduce costs for people.

The food industry has made big promises to reduce emissions and become more sustainable, but a review concludes that many of the pledges are not backed up by evidence

Governments are considering subsidies for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage fuelled by wood from existing forests. However, a transparent model estimates that this will probably increase emiss...

📣 This morning we have a 🗞️ new paper (reply to comment) out in Environmental Research Letters: It highlights a simple but important problem with “temperature neutrality” (TN) as a national climate t...