Taoiseach's Cop27 speech seen as 'passionate', but funding pledge branded 'disappointing'

Taoiseach Micheál Martin pledged €10m to the Global Shield initiative for 2023, "to protect the most vulnerable from climate loss and damage".  Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images

There has been a mixed reaction to Taoiseach Micheál Martin's address to the Cop27 climate change summit in Egypt, with his "passionate" address welcomed, but funding offered to vulnerable countries slammed as too little.

Mr Martin pledged €10m to the Global Shield initiative for 2023, "to protect the most vulnerable from climate loss and damage".