Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

COP27: Discussion

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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I will finish really quickly. I have just three really quick questions. On quantity, what does the timeline for doing our fair share on quantity need to look like? What of a fair share on mitigation? What do the next two to three years need to look like for Ireland to be credible about doing our fair share? I completely agree on fossil fuel non-proliferation. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was a diplomatic high point for Ireland. I am worried that we might lose decades of work we have done in that area. Will the witnesses also comment on the importance of ensuring we do not have an escalating arms trade? We have talked about the human rights context but it is important that Ireland champion the inclusion of human rights in the texts that are being negotiated. I know there has been pressure to remove references to human rights from some of the negotiated texts.