Climate change

COP31 is the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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Nature recovery plan launched amid NI biodiversity decline

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Sagar Adani, Lord Adair Turner, Nigel Topping and Ian Blatchford attended the dialogue

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Rt Rev Dr Richard Kerr (kneeling) during his installation service as Moderator by Dr Richard Murray. (Credit Matthew Audley).

Presbyterians hold close vote on climate change

Tom Nelson, co-founder of Nature Impact, and James Hilditch, co-founder and creative director at BearJam.

Ad Feature BearJam first to commit 1% of AI production budget to nature

Lana Moore, Head of Charity Delivery Action Renewables with Alice Buchanan of Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.

Action Renewables Announces Sponsorship of Eco-Schools Climate Action Topic

The 2025 cohort’s 30 young leaders. Share Energy's sponsorship supported workshops covering critical topics including biodiversity, leadership, health and wellbeing, offering tools needed to drive meaningful climate action.

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A group of global leaders, activists and survivors are driving bold, sustained action at every level.

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Root veggies, brassicas, apples and pears will all be in season this month

Root veggies 'back on the menu' - 9 others in season this November

Stormont’s agriculture minister Andrew Muir has dismissed a call for his resignation after Northern Ireland’s main farming union delivered a vote of no confidence in his department. Photo: PA

Muir dismisses call to resign after UFU vote

Hurricane Melissa pictured by satellite as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea on Monday evening

Why 'supercharged' Hurricane Melissa is so powerful - and dangerous

From chillies to pears, beets to Jerusalem artichokes, there are plenty of exciting fruits and veggies in season now

26 hearty, flavourful fruits and vegetables in season this October

There are dozens of fruits and veggies in season this month

25 fruits and veggies in season now - why eating them helps the planet

Severe weather, attributed to climate change, has seen parts of the UK flooded. Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Presbyterians push back on survey claim less than half care about climate change
Presbyterians have pushed back against an academic claim that less half care about climate change, pointing to an environment conference that’s due to happen next weekend.
Iain Gray

Blue-green algae at Battery Harbour on Lough Neagh near Cookstown in Tyrone last month. Professor Robin May, chief scientific adviser at the Food Standards Agency, today said that fish caught in the lough 'are still safe to eat'. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire/PA Images

Lough Neagh fish safe to eat despite toxin discovery, FSA says

Blue-green algae at Battery Harbour on Lough Neagh near Cookstown in Co Tyrone. Photo : Niall Carson/PA Wire

Blue-green algae: List of five demands to fix Lough Neagh

The notification has been placed on Benone Beach in Co Londonderry by the Department of Agriculture , Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) ahead of the bank holiday weekend. The beach on the north coast, with its seven-mile stretch of sand and dunes, is popular with tourists.

Public advised against swimming at Benone Beach after blue-green algae found

The lough has been blighted with blue-green algae in recent summers, with noxious blooms covering large swathes of the surface.

Call for urgent cross-party action to save Lough Neagh

Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal lung infection caused by inhaling droplets of water contaminated with Legionella bacteria.

Take these five steps to protect yourself from Legionnaires’ disease

Blue-green algae on the River Bann where it meets Lough Neagh near the village of Toome. Picture date: Tuesday August 6, 2024.

Toxic blue green algae: Hillsborough latest facility to be hit

Valentina Concho-Toro of the Nature Neighbourhoods Programme, with Suzanne Thompson, Ligoneil Improvement Association

Ligoniel’s first ‘Great Big Green Week’ event shows the power of local action

The EnergyTown game is marketed towards UK schoolchildren, and funded by energy giant Equinor

Warning over classroom game accused of 'brainwashing' schoolchildren

Ducks swim though Blue Green Algae concentrations on the shores of Lough Neagh in Co Antrim. Picture date: Tuesday July 23, 2024.

Lough Neagh crisis will become ‘common experience’ without action, MLAs warned

It will offer inhabitants round-the-clock electricity

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Young people across the UK have a lot of big worries on their plates

5 of the biggest concerns for children in 2025
Teens may have a lot on their plates in the future - and they know it 😟
Amber Allott

Artist impression of the proposed £250m arc21 residual waste project based in Hightown Quarry, Mallusk

Lack of development of waste infrastructure in NI could lead to a 'waste crisis'

New documentary explains how old Christmas trees are helping to protect the coast

Sand, Sea, Xmas Trees: How old festive saplings guard against floods

Blue-green algae on the River Bann where it meets Lough Neagh near the village of Toome in 2024

It's back: first confirmed 2025 case of blue-green algae on Lough Neagh

Yellow rapeseed flowers (photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images). A new report lists the predicted effects of climate change on it and other crops in Northern Ireland

New report lists predictions for how much climate change will alter crop yields

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6 of the best eco-friendly banks for sustainable spending in the UK

Blue-green algae on the River Bann where it meets Lough Neagh near the village of Toome. Picture taken in September 2024

Lough Neagh action plan does not just target one sector, MLAs told

More than 1,600 claims were made on home insurance policies over the 5 years

Brits have claimed £31m for flood damages between 2020 and 2024

The 30 Under 30 Northern Ireland Climate Change-Makers programme supports 30 leaders under the age of 30 who are making a difference in tackling climate change.

Share Energy proudly sponsors the 30 Under 30 Northern Ireland Climate Change-Ma...

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

Green and blue algae deposits at Lough Neagh near the Marina in Ballyronan

Lough Neagh recovery will involve hurt and pain for some sectors, MLA warns

Environment Minister Andrew Muir

Muir ‘continuing to engage’ over Northern Ireland’s first environment strategy

Blue-green algae on the River Bann where it meets Lough Neagh near the village of Toome. Picture date: Sunday September 1, 2024

Lough Neagh campaigners gather at Stormont on eve of Assembly return

Algae on Lough Neagh pictured at the Antrim Lough Shore last week. Environment minister Andrew Muir has launched a new initiative to explore solutions to tackle the blue-green algae crisis

Initiative to find solutions to blue-green algae crisis in Lough Neagh launched

Blue-green algae concentrations on the shores of Lough Neagh in Co Antrim. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Lough Neagh problems unprecedented, says Stormont minister Andrew Muir

A pile of dead batteries. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Recycling expert explains what to do with your dead batteries

Lough Neagh is the UK and Ireland's largest freshwater lake

Minister Andrew Muir says Lough Neagh action plan must be signed off urgently

Letters to editor

Letter: I don’t believe our climatic future can be predicted

Green and blue algae deposits at Lough Neagh near the marina in Ballyronan last autumn

Environment minister tells officials to reallocate resources for Lough Neagh

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Damien O’Mullan, Head of Energy at NI Water; John Green, Strategic Investment Board; Dr Sara Venning

New NI Water Battery to Deliver for the Grid

Hiker points to a giant sinkhole estimated to be around 20m deep

Hiker films 20-metre deep sinkhole as it suddenly appears in field

Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, owner of Lough Neagh's bed, says he is committed to finding a 'comprehensive, long term solution' for the lough.

Lough Neagh bed owner remains open to exploring future ownership options

Algae deposits during the summer at the Lock Keepers cottage at Lough Neagh near Toome.

Lough Neagh: Stormont Minister to meet with owner of lough bed

There was concern last summer when Lough Neagh was beset by noxious blooms of blue green algae

Stormont hears calls for new management structure to protect Lough Neagh

Hannah Ritchie

Going Green: Movies help us learn about climate change

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained - including a new Pope and a new king. Composite image by NationalWorld/Kim Mogg.

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained

The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Breaking Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus

Save Lough Neagh protesters take part in a rally outside Belfast City Hall. Picture: Peter Morrison/PA Wire

Belfast city centre protest told Lough Neagh is being turned into a 'cesspit'

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