Climate Change: Ireland's Urgent Call to Action

0:00That's your update from Europe News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Ireland's Climate Change Advisory Council just dropped a report saying climate change is hitting hard right now thanks to greenhouse gases ramping up. Rists for communities, infrastructure, services, and the economy. They point out 2025 was the second warmest year on record, with seven of the 10 hottest years happening since 2005. Rainfalls getting more intense, too, as six of the 10 wettest autumn have come since 2001. Storms are showing the real damage, like Eowin last year, with record winds that led to over 300 million euros in insurance claims. The costliest storm event ever here. Claudia in November brought rain twice as likely and 12% heavier from climate change, while Shandra earlier this year caused bad flooding on soaked ground. On the flip side, summer droughts hit 49 public water supplies across 15 counties.

1:00These events are messing with nature, big time, shifting insect and wildlife cycles, boosting risks for diseases like ash die back and bird flu, plus. Invasives, such as the Asian Hornet, harmful algal blooms, and even wildfires, the report exposes weak spots in energy, water, and telecom systems, urging quick investments in flood defenses, tougher infrastructure, and ditching. Fossil fuels faster to build real resilience. Without that coordinated push and long-term planning, these threats keep growing, so it's time to shift from reacting to straight-up preparing our way. Forward.