Don’t lock investment in fossil fuels warns O’Sullivan MEP

Ireland needs to ramp up its investment in green energy projects and avoid putting money into fossil fuel projects in a panic to secure alternative energy supplies to Russian ones.  

That's the recommendation from Green MEP Grace O'Sullivan. Her comments come as pressure mounts on the EU to stop importing Russian gas and oil. The overwhelming majority of MEPs this week called for a full and immediate embargo of EU imports of Russian coal, oil and gas and nuclear fuel.

The vote follows the latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report which calls for urgent measures to limit global warming to one and a half degrees Celsius (1.5°C). And it shows the impact of climate change is greater than previously estimated.

Out words: degree limit

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