Environmentalists warn of 'crucial' weeks ahead in climate change battle

A group of Stop Climate Chaos campaigners dressed as Homer Simpson held a demonstration by the Dáil last week ahead of the annual UN climate conference. Picture: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie

The coming weeks will be "crucial" for climate change both nationally and internationally, according to environmentalists, with Ireland's latest Climate Action Plan and the international Cop27 global summit in the final planning stages.

The UN-backed Cop27 at Sharm-El-Sheikh in Egypt this November follows on from the Cop26 event in Glasgow last year.