The effects of climate change have never been starker when one looks about the world.
The recent decimation of orang utan's in Indonesia has recently been laid at the feet of man made climate disruption. Over 7% of the great ape population was wiped out in four days of extreme rainfall just this month. Bizarre and scary.
Over here a record level of wood has been removed from Irish Forests last year on the back of Storm Éowyn.
There was nearly a fifth more wood removed according to data from the CSO.Coillte said the effects of the “unprecedented levels of damage” to its estate caused by the storm “continue to impact negatively on the business”.