Caroline O'Doherty
Environment Correspondent at Irish Independent
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independent.ie | Caroline O'Doherty
Power shortages mean we’ll have to choose between new homes and data centres, top official warns Extra capacity on grid for new houses has already been used up by tech sectorPower shortages mean Ireland will have to choose between AI and housing, says senior Government officialCaroline O'Doherty, Environment CorrespondentToday at 03:30Power shortages mean the country will have to choose between artificial intelligence (AI) and housing, a senior government official has warned.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Caroline O'Doherty
Explainer: What has happened to Ireland’s emissions and climate targets? Environmental groups say latest figures show why we cannot become complacent Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been criticised by Stop Climate Chaos Coalition. Photo: PAThe mood in the run-up to the annual greenhouse gas emissions forecast wasn’t great to begin with. Among those who follow such matters, the consensus was the figures that indicate progress on emissions cuts wouldn’t have moved much from last year.
‘A shocking situation’ – global heating could surpass 2C level for the first time in next five years
1 week ago |
independent.ie | Caroline O'Doherty
‘A shocking situation’ – global heating could surpass 2C level for the first time in next five yearsScientist say unprecedented 2C prediction unlikely but possible Climate change is creating hotter conditions around the globe (Getty concept illustration)Record heat that stifled many parts of the world last year is expected to worsen in the next five years and could for the first time ever breach the 2C of warming threshold.
‘A shocking situation’ - global heating could surpass 2C level for the first time in next five years
1 week ago |
independent.ie | Caroline O'Doherty
Scientists had hoped 2024 would not be repeated for some time but now say there is unlikely to be any respite. They say the record, which saw 2024 become the first full year when global average temperatures breached the 1.5C of warming threshold, is very likely to be beaten by 2029. Worse still, there is a small chance that a full year could breach 2C.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Caroline O'Doherty
A new assessment published today revises the best-case scenario down, showing that instead of reducing emissions by 51pc by 2030 as legally required, a drop of just 23pc is the most that can be hoped for. That is less than half the reduction needed and significantly less than the already insufficient 29pc cut that was forecast last year and in 2023. The blow comes after government departments handed over the latest data on the progress they have made in their areas of responsibility.
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