Sir, – The stark findings and warnings of the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change emphasise the need for considerable changes to the way we live to avert further and irreversible environmental disaster.
In this context, it is unconscionable that some Ministers are opposed to an increase in carbon tax in Budget 2019.
Moreover, it is essential that funding for sustainable and public transport is significantly increased immediately. – Yours, etc,
Dr RICHARD SCRIVEN,
School of Geography
and Archaeology,
NUI Galway.
