Calls for Government to move from climate rhetoric to climate action

Climate Activist Leontien Friel Darrell from Drumcondra outside Leinster House today. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Politicians have warned that the "window is closing" for action on the climate after the release of the stark IPCC report.

The report lays out a grim future if man-made climate change is not tackled, with politicians here saying that Ireland cannot shirk its responsibilities or think that there will be no consequences of global climate change felt on these shores.