'Ireland will be unrecognisable if we fail to reduce emissions' 

Like other island nations, Ireland is particularly vulnerable to oceanic changes resulting from climate change.

Delayed action in reducing emissions will leave Ireland with an “unrecognisable” climate, with heat extremes, intense rain, and floods becoming more severe and common, a landmark report has warned.

Ireland’s first Climate Change Assessment report, led by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and authored by 23 leading academics, warned that Ireland is ill-adapted for the consequences of climate change.