Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My other question builds on Deputy Pringle's earlier point on reaching the citizen and explaining what is happening. Professor Stott said that the Met Office had a long remit to look at climate projections. What is its relationship with the BBC in terms of using its service to explain what is happening with the weather relative to the individual? Does it have a specific policy remit in that regard?

I am interested in Professor Stott's views on policies. It seems there is a policy where when a broadcaster features a climate scientist, they automatically have a climate change denier on too. That seems insane at this point. We should not give a platform to people like that at this stage when we are trying to explain to citizens what is going on, why the climate is changing and why we must make certain decisions. We have failed badly here in getting our message across. Our meteorological service in this country should be doing more to explain to the population what is happening. Does the Met Office in the UK have policies that enable it to do that? Met offices around the world are doing very innovative things in communicating what is going on.