Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, issued a final warning on climate change with some deeply concerning findings including the fact that temperatures have been rising faster in last 50 years than for the previous two millenniums. The science is very clear. There is an urgent need to decarbonise our economy and society. I ask that we would have a debate on this new and urgent report as a matter of priority in the coming weeks.

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