Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Role of Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion
Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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Okay. I thought you said I only had two minutes left and I was in a panic.
To go back to the focus of this morning's session, do our guests have a view on how the State would structure the public funding of the publication of reliable, trustworthy sources of information on climate change and on how individuals can make a big change?
There must also be a focus on education. I have requested previously that climate change would become a curriculum subject in our education system at both primary and secondary level. That would promote a new generation of change makers and future policymakers who will understand and not have to deal with the misdirections that we are often led down, either by community or political leaders, or otherwise, as to what is important and what we should be focusing on. I would welcome some general comments from all three of our guests on my remarks.