Climate & Environment
Eamon Ryan hails ‘historic’ climate deal as opposition labels it ‘historic failure’
Cop28 president Sultan Al Jaber confirmed the deal on Wednesday morning after the EU threatened to walk away from the talks over a much weaker earlier text
Eamon Ryan has hailed an “historic agreement” at the United Nations climate negotiations, but campaign groups and opposition TDs condemned the deal as an “historic failure”.
The environment minister said the text agreed at Cop28 in Dubai, which commits to a transition away from fossil fuels, was “not perfect” but was a “significant step forward for the world”. The EU had been pushing along with a coalition of other countries for a “phase out” ...
