Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is just one example. We could say the same of the Russian army. I accept that military use of fossil fuels is a significant part of the problem. In international negotiations the key issue will be how much we can afford to support the most vulnerable countries, if we were to divert some of the increased spending that is going towards defence. While we need that, including in our country, if we get the balance wrong, we will see conflict come from climate change. To my mind, investing in climate solutions would be a better defence strategy because it can reduce the cause of conflict in the first place.