The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees will be impossible without immediate global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
The Green Party says more needs to be done to make Ireland meets its obligations on climate change.
Yesterday a UN Report said the prevention of temperatures rising by 1.5 degrees will be impossible unless there is a major reduction in greenhouse emissions.
ClimateChange 2021: the Physical Science Basis - provides the most updated physical understanding of the climate system and #climatechange, combining the latest advances in climate science, and multiple lines of evidence.
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The Government here is committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Green MEP for Dublin Ciaran Cuffe says there are a number of key areas the Government here can focus on to reduce such emissions.
MEP Cuffe says we can't be critical of countries, unless we get our own act together
Many of today’s papers leading with photos of wild fires in Evia, Greece & the report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change @IPCC_CH pic.twitter.com/N041iUZJCj
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