There is a cross-party “spirit of collaboration” within the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change, according to its chairwoman, Hildegarde Naughton. On increasing carbon tax, she favoured a dividend approach and ensuring there were supports in place for those adversely affected. She suggested the Department of Finance should lead communications on the tax “to avoid what happened in France”. Whether one was talking about climate change or sustainability, the biggest challenge was, he said, “we will have 10 billion people on one planet”. The equivalent of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change was needed to protect global biodiversity.

Source: The Irish Times February 08, 2019 19:41 UTC