Irish Examiner view: Budget must address the climate crisis

We need to get serious about the effects we are having on our planet

The frequency and severity of adverse weather events including heatwaves continue to impact us more and more. Stock picture

Given the seriousness of the climate situation facing our little blue planet, it is beyond time that we in our tiny corner of the globe started getting serious about doing our bit to try to alleviate some of the problems we face.

Large tracts of Europe are ablaze with wildfires, while Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, Sicily, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey are all listed by Copernicus, the EU’s earth observation programme, as being in “high danger” or “very extreme danger” from wildfire.