Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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Very briefly. I am happy if a written note is provided to follow up. I was very interested in the Albert carbon calculator that was mentioned and the idea of production. One of the points is a reduction in the carbon footprint of audiovisual production and the audiovisual sector. Does that include the digital broadcast sector, given that there is a lot of difference between things being streamed at different levels? There are choices within the digital energy imprint in terms of broadcasting, as well as in production. Do the witnesses have any more information on that? I refer to the impact of this industry itself, rather than the impact of its content, production, broadcasting and streaming in terms of trying to reduce carbon footprints in those areas. I appreciate that the witnesses have very limited time to respond now so they could do it in writing. I am very interested in that also.