Oct 25, 2026 · 5 min · 3 segments
A Clare Green Party representative is calling on the Government to stop favouring tech companies in order to stem the tide of global warming. It follows a warning from the UN Environment Programme…
Bridget GinnityGuest
Yeah, well, I think the infected report states that that level of 1.5 degrees is definitely going to be exceeded.
And it's more saying that now it's a question of how bad does it get? You know, if we continue as we're going, we're looking at 2.8 degrees and we can see already what's happening at 1.5.
But the report is actually quite optimistic in that it says that if action is taken, strong action is taken now, we can have a very short term at that 1.5 and bring it down below 1.5 degrees before the end of the century.
And is there any optimism, I suppose, at this stage that urgent action will be taken because we've heard so often the call in the last couple of years has been that urgent action is needed and there hasn't been any action such as urgently taken in that time?
You know, we've had fantastic improvements because of renewable energy, the wind and solar, the price of those coming down has had a huge impact on reducing the fossil fuel emissions.
So if that hadn't happened, we'd have left 1.5 degrees behind a long time ago.
Yeah, well, I think the infected report states that that level of 1.5 degrees is definitely going to be exceeded.
And it's more saying that now it's a question of how bad does it get? You know, if we continue as we're going, we're looking at 2.8 degrees and we can see already what's happening at 1.5.
But the report is actually quite optimistic in that it says that if action is taken, strong action is taken now, we can have a very short term at that 1.5 and bring it down below 1.5 degrees before the end of the century.
And is there any optimism, I suppose, at this stage that urgent action will be taken because we've heard so often the call in the last couple of years has been that urgent action is needed and there hasn't been any action such as urgently taken in that time?
You know, we've had fantastic improvements because of renewable energy, the wind and solar, the price of those coming down has had a huge impact on reducing the fossil fuel emissions.
So if that hadn't happened, we'd have left 1.5 degrees behind a long time ago.
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