If society doesn’t get serious about the climate crisis this decade “that failure will reverberate for centuries to thousands of years” a leading Irish scientist has warned.
Prof Thorne said the report “makes absolutely clear it is not a problem for future politicians to worry about”. “We have nearly everything we need to undertake the action to send us really on the right path - what’s lacking is the actual action.“The best time to have started taking action would have been the 1980s or 1990s when we knew there was a problem.“There are no more excuses not to take action - there haven’t been really for a long time.
For people in Ireland who eat mostly imported food, rising temperatures will also impact food security.“The European single market is protecting us to some extent but there is only so much you can do. “We’ve already seen impacts on the agricultural sector... in both input to agricultural systems, fodder crises and other things.
“Where is that kind of thought leadership of people who are flag bearers of change who can really lead to people shifting behaviour on a sustained basis to more more sustainable living? “A fair and fast phaseout of oil, gas and coal needs to happen in this decade, and it can, with the right political will.”
“It is a result of over half a century of agricultural intensification and artificial land improvement, including drainage of peaty soils.
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