Ms Emily Wigens:

I thank the committee for its time and the questions from members. I underscore the message Mr. Crowley powerfully conveyed, which is that this is a matter of political will. Business as usual is not going to get the job done. We really need to see creativity, ambition and the willingness to explore different options that may have been controversial at one moment in time. We have seen in the past, during the Covid-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine, for example, that there are creative ways to find money for emergencies and emerging crises that were unforeseen. We need to throw the same kind of energy at solving some of the complex global challenges, as we have done with the pandemic and with the war in Ukraine. Ms McKenna mentioned special drawing rights as one of those creative, less-used opportunities to create or give developing countries a financial injection to help them meet some of their climate and development needs. That is the approach that we need and we would be delighted to work with Ireland in the preparation for its Presidency to try to inject some of that energy and creativity into the debate in Europe.