Philip Boucher-Hayes: ‘We’re all climate change hypocrites on some level – it doesn’t change what’s unfolding’

The impact of rising sea levels and a warming planet can be hard to visualise. Fresh from filming a new documentary series on climate change, RTÉ’s Philip Boucher-Hayes tells Caroline O’Doherty how life in Ireland might change

Philip Boucher-Hayes at Croke Park, which he says could become a seaside stadium as sea levels rise. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Caroline O’Doherty

Amid the million-dollar houses with their palm-shaded pools and private jetties, a resident in Key Largo off the sunshine state of Florida makes a remarkable statement.

“We’re in a Third World country,” she says. “It’s Bangladesh.”