Lives at risk with more extreme Irish weather events to hit as ‘changing climate already negatively affecting citizens’ [Video]

EXPERTS have warned that people in Ireland will be hit with more extreme weather events unless the Government acts fast.

The Climate Change Advisory Council said massive disruption, including from dangerous flooding, is heading our way.

And it said only the “urgent delivery” of countermeasures can help tackle what is no longer a “future problem”.

It said the long-awaited coastal management plan is now essential to address the twin threats of sea level rise and coastal erosion.

Also crucial is the funding of projects that ensure the resilience of critical infrastructure such as ports, railways, the electrical grid and key roads, the report adds.

And the report recommends that Government and state agencies should ringfence funding to move ahead at pace because we are “way past time”.

It notes that global temperatures have gone beyond 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial …