Why businesses need to start treating climate change like health and safety

Upskilling is key to solving the climate crisis

Actions by businesses would include a delivery driver receiving training to reduce emissions, to avoid the air pollution associated with engine idling. File Picture: Larry Cummins

Ireland was recently ranked best in the world for Covid resilience – a reassuring sign we have the skills, and guts, to act in the face of a crisis. 

Can we apply these skills to another global crisis? The UN issued a ‘Code Red for Humanity’ in August of this year and how our government, businesses and citizens respond will determine our success, or otherwise, in living through this emergency.