Oceans report makes Irish action on climate change more urgent, experts say

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‘Ireland has received bailout from oceans up to now, but now comes the payback’

said even if greenhouse gas concentrations are stabilised oceans and the cryosphere will continue to change “for many centuries to millennia thereafter”.

In areas relying upon mountain glaciers for water supply there are potential issues in future, he added. The report adds urgency to the need to undertake aggressive mitigation to reduce emissions, he said. The sea-level projections meant “we need to rethink our adaptation planning and responses in coastal communities. It is doubtful that areas of Dublin, Galway and Cork could be protected from multi-metre sea-level rise which we may – by our collective actions – commit to in our emissions over coming decades”.

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Yet the Irish Times fawns over Japan because of the Rugby, while Japan slaughters hundreds of whales every year, with the support of their Govt. Shameful.

Surely the word Irish could be removed from that post. We don't actually think we have any control over our own destiny climate wise do we? We can & should do our bit but our bit is a teeny-tiny slice of the action needed.

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