Irish Examiner View: Call in the cavalry for wartime effort on retrofitting

We face the ultimate existential crisis because of climate change, and retrofitting is a key part of Ireland's strategy to fight it.

Yet another front in the ongoing battle against climate change was opened up this week, when the size of the retrofitting challenge facing Ireland was outlined in some detail.

If 500,000 homes are to be adapted for energy efficiency by the end of the decade, in accordance with our Climate Action Plan, then the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) says a “wartime effort” is needed to meet that target.