Dr. David Robbins:

I wish to add just a brief note in response to Deputy Bruton's remark as to whether we can expect the media to be leaders and that it is up to the Government to lead on this. I think what we can expect journalists to do is to include the climate context much more than they do now in stories about business or the weather. The director of news and current affairs at RTÉ last year kind of apologised that it needed to do better on linking multiple stories to climate change. There is some research on how environmental journalists in particular see themselves as having a critical advocacy stance, so I think we can expect some leadership. Certainly, the sector is ready to play its part but I mentioned the various areas where it needs help. What we can expect it to do is to put forward the climate context much more frequently than it does at the moment.