Leading brands are learning that collaboration on eco-friendly products not only helps address climate change, it can boost profits.

Newly-appointed Stormont Environment Minister, Sammy Wilson, has drawn criticism for his cynical views on climate change, just less than 48 hours after taking office.

The British Council has unveiled participants from the island of Ireland in its ‘Challenge Europe’ climate change campaign.

The likelihood of a global agreement being reached to cut carbon emissions received a huge boost when US president George Bush said he believed an international deal could be struck before he leaves office in early 2009.

The European Commission hosted a high-level conference on the relationship between soil and climate change and the role of soil management in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The Irish Times has reported that Bord na Móna will not open any more peatlands and expects to be out of peat within 25 years, according to its new managing director.

Mr John Gormley TD, Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government has launched the report - 'Ireland in a Warmer World: Scientific Predictions of the Irish Climate in the Twenty-First Century'.

Speakingat a seminar in the IFSC, Energy Minister Eamon Ryan TD outlined the central role of the financial sector in addressing climate change and energy security issues, as well as the concurrent business opportunities.

World leaders opened a conference on the global food crisis, with human rights activists and the World Bank demanding action to curb soaring prices that are pushing an estimated 100 million people into hunger.

The public awareness raising campaign on climate change - launched by the European Commission in May 2006 - moves into a final stage that will focus on five Member States – Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria.