Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein)
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I have a question for Dr. Lunn. Does the ESRI have any research on people's willingness to target high net worth individuals on their high consumption? I understand that the top 10% of the population emit nearly as much as the bottom 50%, which comes down to the aspect of fairness. We have seen the conversation about the number of people who flew to COP. Ordinary people are pointing to the fact that they are being told they cannot take a short-hop flight to Paris or wherever, whereas all these people are flying in their private jets to a meeting to solve climate change. Are we looking at that? France and Switzerland are considering taxes on private jets. Are we asking questions about going after those very high emitters and very high-consumption lifestyles?