Lord Henry column: We owe it to future Irish generations to tackle climate change
Last weekend as I looked up at a clear blue sky and savoured the atmosphere my thoughts were suddenly clouded by considering whether this glorious weather was down to climate change.
The statistics are frightening. Despite the fact that wind, solar and hydro made up 45% of the new electricity capacity added in 2018, 81% of primary energy is still provided by fossil fuels. The scale of the problem is daunting. The scientific evidence of a potential catastrophe is mounting. Over the years I have written about this subject but now I really do feel it is time to act.
This all sounds too big to deal with but there is a growing school of thought that if governments and business collectively drive technological innovation to develop alternatives to fossil fuels we have some hope of averting catastrophe.
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