Cop26 must be about action, not rhetoric, warns Micheál Martin as crucial climate summit begins

Taoiseach Micheal Martin told the Irish Examiner  that as big as the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit crises are, climate change is even more pressing. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Climate change is “without question” the most serious challenge in our lifetime, an existential crisis if it is not tackled with action instead of rhetoric.

Those were the words of Taoiseach Micheál Martin as the United Nations Cop26 climate change event in Glasgow began, with world leaders descending on the Scottish city today.