Independent advisory body’s latest report says urgent moves needed to protect critical infrastructure and coastlines
In its latest report on adaptation measures, published on Tuesday, the council says Ireland is already being adversely affected by climate impacts with extreme flooding and coastal threats the most immediate risk.
Climate change “is no longer solely a future problem, the CCAC adds, it is already adversely impacting society”. Since its last assessment, global temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial times for 12 straight months for the first time since records began. While the country needs to relentlessly pursue climate neutrality by forcing down emissions, Ireland must also “develop and deliver measures to adapt to our changing climate with the same urgency”.
The council said the new National Adaptation Framework provided an indicative roadmap of how adaptation could be done but needed to be financed and implemented “if we are to avoid repeated heartbreaking events such as those from Midleton last year”.
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