Ireland

Energy upgrades will be delivered to nearly 700 homes and 570 community and commercial buildings in every county in Ireland

The two-year project will look at the regional implications of climate change, focusing on coastal communities

GlobalData says this growth will require massive investment in offshore wind and solar photovoltaic capacity

The wind and solar farm will supply power to Amazon Web Services’ data centres

It has become the latest organisation to join The Climate Group’s RE100 initiative

The companies aim to start producing and exporting wave power by 2024

It also plans to invest more than €100m in renewable energy and storage projects by 2025

The organisation says it has made an application for it to be listed on Ireland’s stock exchange

Wet wipes are said to account for around 80% of blockages in sewers, costing an estimated £100m a year to clear

The move follows in the UK’s footsteps after it became the first nation to officially recognise the scale of the crisis at the start of the month