Tackling climate change is a marathon and we need to aid front-line countries

Tackling climate change is not a sprint but a marathon we all need to be prepared for and it is vital we aid a country like Ethiopia that finds itself on the frontline, writes Sean Sherlock

ON SUNDAY the record-breaking athlete, Haile Gebrselassie, will run his last competitive race in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. Haile has inspired many younger runners, including Alemu Gemechu who won the Dublin Marathon this year.

Forty thousand people, including hundreds of Irish enthusiasts, will run with Haile and each will wear the same green t-shirt bearing the slogan “I’m running for the planet”; showing solidarity and support for an international agreement on how to tackle climate change, to be negotiated in Paris at the end of the month.