Sir, – Could we construct a giant clock to countdown our progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions before 2030?
It would focus the national collective interest in bringing down our emissions.
As things stand, an individual’s effort can seem ineffective; that we’re operating in a vacuum. And if it’s one thing that nature abhors: it’s a vacuum. – Yours, etc,
DEIRDRE WHELAN,
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Delgany,
Co Wicklow.