Irish Examiner view: We cannot ease off on our efforts to tackle the climate crisis

Extreme weather events including floods, droughts, and extreme heat are becoming 'the new normal'

Mon, 07 Jul, 2025 - 00:06

So far this year, we’ve had one of the warmest yet wettest Junes on record in Ireland, droughts in Europe, warnings that extreme heat is now “the new normal”, wildfires in Spain, and air conditioning becoming a political issue in France, where two deaths were attributed to the heatwave, along with 300 hospitalisations.

How long before all of those become features of annual life here? How long before we start attributing deaths to heatwaves? And not just isolated ones either, but in high numbers?

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