Ireland must act on CO2 emissions: We’ve scored an own goal on climate
In those cases at least we put up a fight, but we have scored a major own goal on the environment, being ranked the worst performer in Europe for tacking climate change.
It is all a long way from December 2015 when Ireland, along with 196 other countries, signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, better known as the Paris Agreement. The then environment minister Alan Kelly signed the deal on behalf of Ireland in New York, saying it represented a “major milestone” in the collective response to the impacts of climate change.
