Irish Examiner view: Grim climate warnings demand action

An 80m rise in sea levels, as one analysis warns, would be unsustainable and epoch ending.

Ireland will be one of the countries worst-hit by coastal flooding brought about by rising seas.

The news around climate collapse or pollution is so relentlessly grim that it requires considerable resilience to continue to engage. 

Nevertheless, opting out is hardly possible especially as report after report outlines the challenges we face. We must respond and reform or succumb.