Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 pm

Professor Valérie Masson-Delmotte:

Diverse forests are also important to increase resilience to a changing climate with heatwaves, the risks associated with storms and the risks around potential wildfires. A diverse forest is usually more resilient, including to ecosystem changes and to insects and other aspects.

On the diet aspect, it will be a core element of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, report on climate change on land, which is now under review, including review by governments. The report will include the health benefits as well as the environmental benefits of diverse types of diets such as flexitarian, vegetarian, Mediterranean, or pescatarian, which is rich in seafood, and other options.

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