Professor Hannah Daly:

Our report covers the importance of State institutions, their mandate, their expertise, and the funding and the accountability of State institutions in bringing this about. If we look for one lever that can unlock many of these actions we are speaking about, it is something the Climate Change Advisory Council, CCAC, has recommended in its latest annual review, which is to align the legal mandate of State institutions with delivering rapid climate action.

In regard to some of Senator Higgins's earlier points, we review new ways of thinking about economic models, such as doughnut economics to which she alluded, and post-growth and de-growth narratives and new models such as incorporating well-being into economic frameworks and so on. There are reviews of this in our volume as well. More research is needed on how to bring this to the fore.