Ireland ‘to face more extreme weather’

More extreme weather events, increased flood risks during winter and near-drought in some parts during the summer — Ireland needs to prepare itself for the effects of global climate change, experts warned yesterday.

The fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) outlined the full scale of climate change and how it will impact on the world in the coming decades, while pinning the blame firmly on mankind.

In particular, the warming up of the globe will mean the continual rising of sea levels and further increases in concentrations of greenhouse gases.