Ireland’s response to global warming poor, says EU report

Ireland is falling further behind in dealing with the effects of global warming, and progress is now being threatened by the economic recovery.

In the EU, according to a five-year report produced by the European Environmental Agency, progress has been made, leaving the continent generally in as good a state as it has been since the Industrial Revolution.

However, lifestyles and economic systems need to make huge adjustments if we are to halt the kind of climate change that threatens populations, the report says.