Ms Maanda Ngoitiko:

It is always a big challenge to find a balance. What we need to do is to create a win-win. It is true that there is starvation in Africa and that it is increasing, but that is linked with injustice, lack of equity in the distribution of resources, a lack of environmental awareness, and the accumulation of resources and economic growth. The challenge is how to create a balance without compromising economic growth, while reducing emissions and creating a situation where people would not suffer as a result of what we were doing.

One question was: should Ireland set a five year target in the Bill? This is important and maybe the targets can be adopted by each Government when it takes office. The targets could be set for five or ten years. Ireland has shown that in the past ten years it has reduced emissions by over 13%. If it could reduce them by 30%, that would be progress.