Ireland still 'missing in action' on climate change, expert warns 

Climate impacts are not some far-off threat but Ireland is still 'missing in action' when it comes to adapting to the inevitable changes, one of the world's foremost climatologists has warned. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Climate impacts are not some far-off threat but Ireland is still "missing in action" when it comes to adapting to the inevitable changes, one of the world's foremost climatologists has warned.

Professor Peter Thorne was speaking in the aftermath of the latest assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which warned that up to 3.6bn people could be in the firing line as global warming gets worse.