Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)
Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
Could we cover the nature-based solutions? The witnesses did not have an opportunity to finish what they were saying earlier. To move it on a little, we have not been particularly good or strong in protecting our environment and biodiversity to date. We will now be relying on this to protect it. Is there also a need to strengthen these? If we cannot do it within the climate framework because there is only a reference to nature-based solutions and having regard to biodiversity impacts, what else do we need to do to make sure the jigsaw of policies and legislation can actually give strength to what we need to achieve?
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