ireland climate change from global warming

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why do many world leaders encourage doubt that global warming is a urgent concern.
despite all the expert evidence, some leaders promote global warming as a lie, and a panic over nothing. they encourage people to carry on and not be concerned
george bush and tony blair made so many believe in weapons of mass destruction.
with no proof at all, or truth or desperate need to do so. they both worked so hard for a war. spending billions, killing people to prove they were right.
there was some recent discussions here about global warming. some people were asking about the affects in ireland.
there is some very concerning news today about climate change in ireland.

a new climate report for the environmental protection agency, launched today by the minister for the environment, heritage and local government, john gormley, t.d., confirms that the impacts of climate changes are already happening in ireland and are accelerating. the climate report is based on meteorological records of met eireann.
the report, key meteorological indicators of climate change in ireland, was prepared by researchers at the irish climate analysis and research units at nui maynooth.

the irish climate is heating up at almost twice as fast as the rest of the world, the official report launched today warned.
academics studying weather records over the past century have discovered significant differences between the island’s temperature patterns and overall global warming.
in a stark warning, the environmental protection agency insisted the impact can not be slowed down over the coming decades by international action.
research carried out for the State body shows average temperatures in Ireland rising by around twice the earth’s average over the past 50 years.
it is believed the seas around the island have been acting as a buffer which delays the arrival of global temperature patterns.
“so we’re catching up, we’re making up for lost time,” said the report’s co-author dr john sweeney, of irish climate analysis and research units.
the study of meteorological records found a 0.7 degrees celsius temperature rise overall along with more intense and frequent rainfall over the last century.
but while the rest of the world began to warm around the mid-1970s ireland was still cooling down from the earlier part of last century until about 1981 or 1982.
“it’s really since that time that we’ve changed the corner as a country in terms of warming … and warming at roughly twice the rate of the global average,” dr sweeney said.
the national university of ireland academic said the changes may not be so noticeable to most at the moment because it was happening mainly at night.
the evening temperature rise may be down to extra moisture in the air, which is forming clouds and trapping in after-dark heat.
“it’s not yet perceptible to everybody but once the day time maximum temperature in the summer begins to respond in the same way then we will really begin to accept climate change in ireland big time, i’m afraid,” he said.
the climate change – expected to see 2.5 degrees celsius higher temperatures in the summer, and slightly less than that in the winter by 2050 – will impact worst on the most populated parts of the island.
“it’s not so much the temperature which will be important for ireland so much as the rainfall changes,” insisted dr sweeney.
“we’re an island that has become very dependant on an abundant supply of water. if that begins to pose a problem in the years ahead – especially in those parts of the country where we are putting large numbers of people, demanding large quantities of water – that’s where the crunch will probably come for Ireland, first of all. It will be in terms of the ability to meet municipal demand, meet agricultural demand for water in the dryer parts of the country, in the east and the south east".
he continued with this thought "we’re putting the people where we are getting the least water availability and also where climate change will further squeeze them in terms of less rainfall in the future".

environment minister john gormley vowed to introduce several initiatives before the end of the year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as other strategies to stem global warming.
“the scientific debate is over, the evidence is incontrovertible,”
climate change was the main reason his green party entered the coalition government in may, he added.
"the report is further confirmation that the impacts of climate change are already happening in ireland and are accelerating. this report confirms that annual rainfall has increased in the north and west. not only is it raining more frequently, but the volume and intensity of rainfall is increasing. these conclusions will be self-evident to anybody who has holidayed at home this summer." the report shows us the absolute need for the people of ireland to play their part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and tackling climate change," added gormley
gormley said that he recently met the taoiseach, during which they had a lengthy discussion about climate change-related issues, including the agenda of the cabinet sub committee and the establishment of a special climate change commission.

the cabinet sub committee on climate change which will be meeting for the first time in the coming two weeks will have a central role in formulating and implementing government policies and initiatives in this area.
"the establishment of a special cabinet sub committee, which includes the taoiseach, is an indication of the priority this government is attaching to addressing climate change," gormley said, "the committee and the government have an ambitious and challenging programme of work ahead in tackling the climate change issue, in both the shorter and longer term."
the minister said, "i envisage that by the end of the year there will be a number of positive initiatives on reducing emissions in ireland. these include proposals for rebalancing vrt and motor tax, the establishment of a climate change commission, and ambitious new energy efficiency targets for new homes."
however he added that climate change is a global issue that needed to be tackled collectively by all countries.

gormley, at the request of the taoiseach, will be traveling to the un in new york next month to represent ireland and address a heads of state meeting which will be discussing climate change,
the minister noted that the report underlines the importance of the eu objective of limiting average global temperature increases to no more than 2°c above pre-industrial levels. "ireland has fully and consistently supported this eu objective," he said. "we are on course to meet our commitments under the kyoto protocol and we fully support the eu position on further ambitious reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the period to 2020 and beyond".

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