Climate emergency declared by Irish Government

The Republic of Ireland has declared a climate emergency, a decision hailed by the Swedish teenage environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg as “great news”.

A Fianna Fail amendment to the Parliament declaring a climate emergency has been accepted without a vote. The amendment called on the parliament “to examine how [the Irish government] can improve its response to the issue of biodiversity loss”. This has been accepted on Thursday.

Eamon Ryan, The Irish Green party leader who raised the amendment called the decision “historic”. “Declaring an emergency means absolutely nothing unless there is action to back it up.That means the Government having to do things they don’t want to do”, said Eamon Ryan.

Scotland plans to raise targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2045. “Great news from Ireland!! Who is next” said Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old activist who raised the isuue of Global climate change.

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