
LATEST: The Citizens' Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of Ireland taking measures to address climate change.

The Citizens Assembly has today been discussing Ireland's transport policy in relation to climate change.

Latest: A meeting of the Citizen's Assembly on climate change in Dublin is hearing how people can make their homes more energy efficient.

Latest:Today's meeting of the Citizen's Assembly has heard Ireland is failing to reach its targets on tackling climate change.

The Green Party has today called on the Government to focus on tackling climate change in Ireland.

Latest: The Government Minister charged with overseeing Ireland's new plan to combat climate change has declared it a moral necessity.

A High Court judge has been asked to overturn a refusal to provide access to documents concerning Cabinet discussions on climate change.

The European Union is "more determined than ever" to make the Paris accord against climate change a success, Angela Merkel has said.

Brazil is considering measures that would roll back environmental protections and make it difficult to meet its Paris climate accord targets.

Theresa May has insisted the UK is committed to the Paris Agreement on climate change as she faced criticism over her response to US withdrawal from the deal.

The leader of the Green Party says our efforts to adhere to the Paris Climate Change Agreement will be futile without America's involvement.

Three Democratic governors have said they will not let the United States back away from a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, despite Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from an international pact.

"In short, we could see Antarctic greening to parallel well-established observations in the Arctic."