'Humanity has just endured the 11 hottest years on record,' says UN official

'Human activities are increasingly disrupting the natural equilibrium, and we will live with these consequences for hundreds and thousands of years,' WMO secretary-general Celeste Saulo said. File Picture: PA

Earth is being pushed “beyond its limits” and “every key climate indicator is flashing red”, the UN secretary-general has said, as data showed the last 11 years have been the hottest ever recorded.

As the impacts from climate change around the world worsen, experts at home say it is “only a matter of time” before the circumstances conspire against us to bring “ extreme river and coastal flooding” to Ireland’s east coast.