Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion

Photo of Brian LeddinBrian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We can look at that. I am going off on a tangent now. There was some news at the weekend that in Wales they are bringing in the 20 miles per hour default speed limit. That would have been seen as something quite difficult to do. They are doing other things. They have actually halted their road building programme over there in the past couple of years. That came out of a commission they set up on future generations. I think Finland has something similar, and maybe other countries have it as well. It speaks to that idea of being the good ancestor. It is something we can certainly discuss in subsequent sessions. Do the witnesses have thoughts on that idea of a commission for future generations, and putting some structure on that idea of being the good ancestor? Have they recommendations?

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