Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Today is international day against climate change, an initiative set up by the UN to create awareness of the threat of global warming. It is an issue that people in Midleton and places like Waterford need no reminder of; they are all too aware of the threat of global warming. Climate change is here. We do not have much discussion in the Chamber about adaptation and how we will actually adapt to the climate change we are already experiencing. We need statements in the Dáil on the national adaptation plan and what concrete measures will be put in place for the communities of Midleton, Waterford and all of the other areas that are being impacted so badly and desperately by climate change.

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