Professor Peadar Kirby:

We are already locked into very high levels of emissions. We need to get wise to the fact that we must start reducing emissions now, with a view to ensuring that over this relatively brief period of 37 years, up to 2050, we meet the swingeing goals of 90% targets. Unfortunately, it seems that in many parts of the world, because we are living through such a severe crisis, many political leaders prefer to postpone action on this in the belief we have the luxury of doing that. However, the scientists tell us we do not.