Professor Ian Walker:

I am not sure. I have not been to Ireland for four or five years, in part because it involves flying, which I try to do as little as possible. If it is anything like the UK, there is an issue with low levels of climate literacy. As I said earlier, none of us has ever known a different world. I almost said in response to the previous question that the challenge with policing regulation is not only the vested interests we have talked about, but also the tendency of the population as a whole to self-police the status quo. If you speak, as we have spoken, to the average person in this country - and I strongly suspect it is a similar story in Ireland - many are slightly horrified at the prospect of, for example, restricting people's ability to drive SUVs. I am constantly reminded that we have a long way to go because in my experience of surveying or interviewing members of the public, many are not yet seized of the seriousness of this issue. I would imagine it is not dissimilar in Ireland.