The failure was not one of politics but one of leadership. Ireland’s latest round of internal bartering about the climate plan ended with a deal but what does that deal really mean? The conversation in Ireland has centred understandably on breaking the deadlock within the government but what does that tell us about the leadership in the country which has turned the need for climate action into another issue to be bartered away, to be turned into a debate between political parties. The reality of what has been agreed means that Ireland will still be hoping for a technological solution…

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