In eye of ‘storm’ - Climate change

CONSIDERING we are an island nation, Irish coasts are among the most vulnerable in the world to climate change.

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which is to be held in Paris next month, a seminar on the topic, held in Bray, Co Wicklow, at the weekend, revealed the extent of our vulnerability, as an island off an island.

As the seminar’s host, MEP Sean Kelly noted, rising sea levels, increased precipitation and flood risks would prove hugely costly, both socially and economically.