Pádraig Hoare: How many more climate reports do we need before world leaders act?

The latest IPCC report is the bleakest yet and, still, many governments are dragging their feet when it comes to implementing real changes, writes Pádraig Hoare

Following the publication of the IPCC report this Monday, Fridays For Future Dublin held a snap demonstration at the gates of Leinster House to protest the lack of action in relation to climate change. Photo: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Good scientists aren't prone to hyperbole, typically detesting media sensationalism and anti-intellectual rhetoric - so when some of the world's finest minds say we're hurtling towards self-destruction, it's worth paying attention.

This isn't the first rodeo for the hundreds of scientists across the world forming the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). How long, how long must they sing their song, before world leaders and the lay public alike listen to their grim words?