Climate change - We must do a lot more to have a future

OUR Environment Minister John Gormley yesterday launched a website to help us reduce our carbon emissions. The site is to encourage all of us to commit to a 10% cut in carbon emissions by next year.

Addressing climate issues on a different scale the Environmental Protection Agency, also yesterday, warned us that Ireland must adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change as well as engaging in international efforts to curb global emissions.

The EPA’s Summary of the State of Knowledge on Climate Change Impacts for Ireland report describes how higher temperatures, wetter winters and warmer seas will have profound impacts in areas as diverse as agriculture, fishing, disease control and infrastructure systems.