John Gibbons: Cop28 raises questions over Ireland's progress on climate action  

Despite a claim that Ireland is a world leader in sustainable food production, we are among the poorer performers at reining in greenhouse gas emissions

While Micheál Martin and Eamon Ryan are committed to climate action, Ireland has a lot of catching up to do — our rankings have tumbled six places to 43rd in the Climate Change Performance Index.

It is quite incredible to consider that, in all 27 of the UN's Cop climate change conferences held since 1995, never once did they conclude with a recommendation that fossil fuels be phased out, or even a proposed future timeline for this to happen.

It would be akin to hosting an annual international conference on the dangers of smoking that somehow never mentioned cigarettes or the tobacco industry, and had no plans to tax, phase out, or even mildly rein in their use.