#ExtremeWeather events to become more frequent in #Ireland

By Eithne Dodd
Updated / Monday, 29 Dec 2025

"2025 was the year climate scientists agreed it would be impossible to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

"The target was agreed by world leaders back in 2015.

"This means a certain amount of damage to the Earth's environment due to human-induced climate change is irreversible.

"In Ireland, several reports this year found that the state of the country's environment was getting worse.

"#MetÉireann climatologist Paul Moore explained that as Ireland warms, extreme weather events will become more frequent.

"Mr Moore told RTÉ’s This Week that sea level rise is 'locked in', even if global warming was limited to 1.5C.

" 'That means when we get an #ExtremeRainfall event and #HighTides or #SpringTides together, we have compound events where you get #TidalLock, you get #CoastalFlooding as well as the rainfall and not being able to run out into the sea,' he said.

"Mr Moore added: 'So those compound events where sea level rise will come in conjunction with storms and heavy rainfall events causing more impacts.

" 'That's something that's definitely going to increase.'

"There has been a 0.2 metre rise in the sea level off the Irish coast between 1901 and 2018.

"The National Climate Change Risk Assessment identified 115 risks for Ireland in a warming world, among them were coastal flooding, #erosion and #ExtremeWinds."

Read more:
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1228/1550730-global-warming-levels/

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