EPA warns better preparation needed for climate change

THE Environmental Protection Agency has warned that Ireland needs to prepare itself better for the unavoidable impacts of climate change.

The EPA yesterday published “A Summary of the State of Knowledge on Climate Change Impacts for Ireland”, an assessment of the current knowledge on climate change and its expected impacts for Ireland.

The report provides what its authors say is a high level assessment of possible impacts for key economic and social sectors in Ireland and identifies a number of “adaptation options” and “gaps in knowledge”.