The European Union has said it is likely to miss its target for reducing greenhouse gases by 2030, dealing a blow to the bloc’s efforts to be a leader in the fight against climate change.

It's a bit like saving for your pension. You can see the merits of it, but not the urgency.

Even if only 73 students sat Latin in the leaving certificate last week, that old phrase — in vino veritas — still rings true.

In a sweeping victory for Dutch environmental activists that could have global repercussions, a court ordered the government to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by 2020.

Europe is warming faster than the global average due to climate change, with Ireland expected to get wetter and windier in the coming decades.