'Off the chart' emissions here add to climate change poverty
The 'average' Irish person emits 70 times more carbon than those living in Ethiopia or Malawi, countries which are already affected by climate change.
A new report from Trócaire, published in advance of the Citizens' Assembly this weekend, says that emissions are "off the charts" and are contributing to hunger and a loss of water in some of the poorest countries across the globe.
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