Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)
Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
It is important that we do not pose the challenge of climate change as some kind of business opportunity. We have to recognise that it poses a very serious and existential threat to human life and to all life on this planet. We should always begin by recognising that. Notwithstanding that, I believe the recommendation is pretty harmless, but if it stands alone without any acknowledgement that we recognise this as a threat to human existence and to the environment it is just being presented as a business opportunity.
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