Climate catastrophe Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

NATO military spending is a war on the climate

By Miranda Stewart At a time when reducing greenhouse gas emissions is more urgent than ever, a recent report makes clear that NATO military spending targets are pushing the world in the opposite direction. The report, ‘Climate Crossfire: How NATO’s 2% military

Feb 9, 2024

Environment·World News

Climate change shows that now more than ever — capitalism must go

Isidora Durán Stewart Capitalism’s total inaction on the climate crisis is leading to devastating effects globally. This summer saw many parts of the world plunge into an extreme heatwave, with preliminary data showing that the first week of July 2023 was the

Aug 5, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

Government opposition to free public transport is pathetic and shameful

By Finghin Kelly Green Party Transport Minister, Eamon Ryan, this week presented to Cabinet the findings of a report by the consultants Ernst and Young (EY) which was commissioned by the NTA. The report amazingly recommended against the extension of free public

Mar 10, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

Ireland’s for-profit forestry is a scandal

By Ben Samson Using two satellites named Tom and Jerry to measure the mass of Europe’s shrinking groundwater reserves, researchers from Austria’s Graz University of Technology have reported that the continent is on the verge of a catastrophic drought. This is in

Feb 1, 2023

Environment·World News

Bankrupt Pakistan faces the worst floods in its history

By Geert Cool, Left Socialist Party (our sister organisation in Belgium) Pakistan’s poverty-stricken masses face many problems. There are persistent shortages and price rises while incomes do not keep up. At the end of August, inflation stood at 45%. Public infrastructure and

Sep 1, 2022

Environment·News & Analysis

No more data centres — planet not profits

By Peter McGregor On Thursday 3 March, the Data Centres & Critical Infrastructure Expo is set to bring together construction companies and businesses who have vested interest in the growth of data centres in Ireland. The Expo is being held in the

Feb 25, 2022

News & Analysis·The North

Energy cost hikes in the North: Take the energy companies into public ownership

By Eoin Dawson From December 2021, Firmus energy implemented a 38% rise in the cost of gas across their “Ten Towns” network area. This follows a 35% hike in October and the previous 18% hike, earlier in 2021, meaning the company practically

Feb 17, 2022

Environment·News & Analysis

Climate change debate: The ‘overpopulation’ myth

By Manus Lenihan The latest report on climate change has been released to the accompaniment of terrible fires and floods around the world. It contains the most urgent warnings to date concerning the scale of the disaster we face. Yet there’s a

Aug 20, 2021

Environment·News & Analysis

Climate catastrophe: A socialist world is needed- now more than ever

The following is an extract from a speech given by Socialist Party member, Haritha Olaganathan at “The Rally for a Socialist World” (link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdWsEuUIzw) organised by International Socialist Alternative. I’m really looking forward to the mobilisation in Glasgow in November [protests

Jul 27, 2021

World News

Unprecedented floods in Europe: Solidarity as the last line of defence

PSL (Left Socialist Party)-reporters in Liège, our sister organisation Belgium On Friday, the provisional death toll from the floods and extreme weather in Wallonia, the southern part of Belgium, rose to 18. Apocalyptic images followed one another without interruption. The only constant

Jul 20, 2021

Climate catastrophe

NATO military spending is a war on the climate

Climate change shows that now more than ever — capitalism must go

Government opposition to free public transport is pathetic and shameful

Ireland’s for-profit forestry is a scandal

Bankrupt Pakistan faces the worst floods in its history

No more data centres — planet not profits

Energy cost hikes in the North: Take the energy companies into public ownership

Climate change debate: The ‘overpopulation’ myth

Climate catastrophe: A socialist world is needed- now more than ever

Unprecedented floods in Europe: Solidarity as the last line of defence

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden