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Ireland becomes second country to declare ‘climate emergency’
Ireland has become the second country in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency.
- Cristina Abellan Matamoros
- euronews
It happened after the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) report on Climate Action was accepted by the government and opposition parties without a vote.
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