Episode 9
Niall O Gallagher is in Wales investigating the impact of climate change on the country.
Tha Niall O’ Gallagher anns a’ Chuimrigh a’ rannsachadh buaidh atharrachadh na gnà th-shìde air an dùthaich. Ann an ceann a tuath na dùthcha tha bailtean air a’ chost a’ strì an aghaidh ìrean mara ag èirigh. Mu dheas tha dùbhlain air thoiseach air gnìomhachasan troma leithid an stà ilinn nas lugha de charboin a chruthachadh gus amasan carbon neodrachd riaghaltas na Cuimrigh a choileanadh. Niall O Gallagher is in Wales investigating the impact of climate change on the country. In the northwest of the country coastal towns are battling rising sea levels while, in the south, heavy industry faces the challenges of decarbonisation in an effort to meet the Welsh government’s environmental targets.
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Atharrachadh na gnà th-shìde
Bhruidhinn ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ ri daoine aig a bheil cuimhne air tuiltean Towyn ann an 1990 agus ri cuan-eòlaiche a mhìnicheas carson a dh'fhaodadh a leithid tachairt nas trice mar thoradh air atharrachadh na gnà th-shìde. Ann am Fairbourne, chualas fearg leis a' Chomhairle ionadail a thuirt nach deigheadh am baile a dhìon bhon uisge à s dèidh 2054. Agus ann am Port Talbot, dachaigh do fhear de na muiltean-stà ilinn as motha anns an Roinn ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹, chualas miann an luchd-obrach gum bu toil leotha an à rainneachd, an obair agus am fèin-aithne a ghleidheadh. Mu dheireadh fhuair an sgioba an cothrom uchd riaghlaidh ann an Cardiff a cheasnachadh mu na h-amas gnà th-shìde aca agus mun bhuaidh a dh'fhaodadh iad toirt air coimhearsnachdan so-leònte air feadh na Cuimrigh.
Climate change
·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ spoke to witnesses who remember the Towyn floods in 1990 and to an oceanographer who explains why similar events could happen more frequently in the future. In Fairbourne, there was anger with the local council who said the village would no longer be defended from the after 2054. And in Port Talbot, home to one of the largest steel works in Europe, ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ heard the desire of workers to protect their environment, their livelihoods, and their identity. Finally the team got the chance to question decision makers in Cardiff about their climate ambitions and the impact they might have on vulnerable communities across Wales.
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- Thu 27 Jan 2022 20:30
- Sun 30 Jan 2022 20:00