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A recent report on the impact of climate change across the world has prompted a call for urgent legislation in Ireland.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report featured stark warnings on global warning.
Speaking after the publication of the report, Sinn Féin's Philip McGuigan said: "The warning contained in today's IPCC report that global warming is taking place at a much greater pace than previously thought should be deeply concerning for governments around the world.
"This summer alone has seen record-breaking temperatures followed by the worst flooding in years just a fortnight later.
"Wildfires are raging in Greece where soaring temperatures making it extremely difficult to get them under control and we have seen this elsewhere in recent years.
"Climate Change is no longer something to fear in the future - this is devastating lives now, and today’s report is a stark reminder of just how serious a situation we are facing.
"As far back as January 2020, my Sinn Féin colleagues Caoimhe Archibald, Declan McAleer and I brought forward a motion declaring a climate emergency and calling for a Climate Change Act which won the support of the Assembly.
"It must now be a priority of all parties to deliver a Climate Change Act for the north within the remainder of this mandate."
