{"id":1648,"date":"2021-08-09T11:11:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/time-to-act-to-avoid-a-climate-catastrophe\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T11:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:11:20","slug":"time-to-act-to-avoid-a-climate-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/time-to-act-to-avoid-a-climate-catastrophe\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Act to Avoid A Climate Catastrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The government must move from climate rhetoric to climate action<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a stark reminder that time is running out to avert a climate catastrophe, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IPCC report is a stark reminder that time is running out to avert a climate catastrophe. The challenge we face is immense and the time to act is now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are already seeing first-hand what failure to act will mean as we watch fires and floods rage across Europe this summer. This report is clear &#8211; climate change is already affecting every region on earth, in multiple ways. There is nowhere to hide from the devastating consequences of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2018, T\u00e1naiste Leo Varadkar described Ireland as a climate \u201claggard\u201d and said we needed to do much more to tackle climate change. Despite this admission, little has changed in the intervening period. Most recently, we failed to meet our 2020 emission reduction targets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has cited its Climate Action Act as evidence that it is finally determined to act. Among the most immediate targets, is a commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 51pc by 2030. But, we are still in the dark about how the government proposes to do this. Its forthcoming Climate Action Plan, due to be published shortly, must provide a comprehensive and credible roadmap to reach this target.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government must move from climate rhetoric to climate action. There is an urgency now in implementing measures that will see profound, prolonged and sustained reductions in our carbon emissions. Time is running out and failure is not an option.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>9 August, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government must move from climate rhetoric to climate action Today\u2019s landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a stark reminder that time is running out to avert a climate catastrophe, according to Social Democrats Climate Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. \u201cThe IPCC report is a stark reminder that time is running out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,268,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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