Photograph: Cristina Quickler/AFP via Getty ImagesNew coastal defences and “emergency evacuation processes” are needed to prepare Ireland for the worst consequences of climate change, an Irish expert has warned. Prof Iris Moller, a coastal geomorphologist at Trinity College Dublin, said protections for communities were needed “urgently”. For island nations such as Ireland and coastal communities globally, the implications are enormous. [ Expect more extreme weather as climate change impact now ‘stark’, says Met ÉireannOpens in new window ]The report says all indicators of climate change are moving in the wrong direction. Moller said previous projections of sea-level rise to the end of this century – a further 26cm-77cm – would probably be exceeded.

Source: The Irish Times March 23, 2026 05:45 UTC