Ireland needs to increase efforts as environment is at 'tipping point'- report

Europe’s environment is at a tipping point and Ireland is among those countries that needs to raise its efforts to address biodiversity loss and limit the impact of climate change, according to a major new report.

The European environment — state and outlook 2020 report, published by the European Environment Agency, looks at how European nations are faring across a range of headings and identifies "serious gaps between the state of the environment and existing EU near- and long-term policy targets".