In terms of how important climate change should be in this race, Professor Ó Gallachóir said it should be given the examples both at home and abroad of the impacts of climate change. For voters affected by the impacts of climate change, like residents in Midleton who experienced devastating flooding, climate may have a higher priority. Picture: Damien StoranThere is also a wider context to this, in that it is not just Ireland’s responsibility to take action on climate change. “Tragically, the flooding in Spain has reminded all of us just what climate change means for ordinary people,” he said. He added: “As climate scientist Joeri Rogelj put it recently, 'Political decisions that disregard evidence… will be harshly course-corrected by the hard physical reality of climate change’.”

Source: Irish Examiner November 15, 2024 06:30 UTC