Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Climate Change: Discussion

11:10 am

Mr. Mithika Mwenda:

As this law is being designed we want to see the evidence of climate change, so the legislation must be ambitious. The proposed 20% is a bit weak. The committee will set the pace for addressing climate change in Ireland. Its recommendations will be borrowed by other countries, so let us ensure the legislation is as ambitious as possible in order to save humanity and help it survive.