But climate change is not just about weather. In Weathering Change: Your County’s Climate Story, the Irish Independent examines the major climate risks facing each county, and assesses how the county and city councils are living up to their plans. It’s getting hot in hereEurope’s Copernicus Climate Change Service recently added 2025 to the top three hottest years since human records began. The climate expert rarely misses a UN global climate conference. So, while climate change is not just about weather, much of the response to climate change by councils around the country deals with the effects of climate change, rather than tackling the causes.

Source: Irish Independent January 29, 2026 11:33 UTC