Introduction

• Greenhouse Effect• Climate versus Weather• Recent Extreme Weather• Third Industrial Revolution could solve our

problems• But we need a political plan

Climate Change

There is no

Planet B

US Cartoon from 1995

In 2010, 98% of Scientists studying climate change

agreed,

CLIMATE CHANGE IS CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY

we are in the anthropogenic age

DATE TAKENWinter Solstice21st December 2015

• The last decade has had the hottest years since records began

• Wettest December in UK since records began

• Floods 2009, 1 in 100 year flood• Plots being redrawn• It would appear - Extreme Weather

is here to stay

597, 037,026, 999

Global Warming

Current Pathway to 2 Degrees

We know we need to keep it in the ground

Bhutan is the only country carbon neutral

Ireland

Our Taoiseach, Enda Kenny has been quoted by Irish Independent’s Paul Melia that Ireland had no intention of doing anything regarding CO2 emissions until at least 2020, until the economy recovers and that in the meantime climate change is not a priority. He added that Ireland’s current emission reduction targets are ‘unrealistic’ and ‘unreachable’.

COP21

Ireland 13th Richest country according to GDP

Action is needed now

CHANGE IRELAND

@shirleyatsyspro

Go raibh maith agatThank You

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