'We don't inherit the Earth, we borrow it from our children': Leaders fighting the green fight

From locals saving a river in Cork to an Irish hair salon being the first in the EU to go green, we talk with 'climate leaders' as the Government rolls out its Climate Actions Work programme

Tramore River flowing beside the N40 Cork South Ring Rd, at Togher Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

In 2018, the world received the drastic wake-up call — by way of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report — that we had only 12 years to keep an increase in global warming to a maximum of 1.5C. 

After that, even half a degree would significantly worsen the risks of floods, extreme heat, droughts, and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.