Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party)
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There is no equivalence between climate denial and the sense that climate change exists but there tends to be an equivalence given to some of the topics related to climate action by the general public, if not by broadcasters. It is as if high-emissions activities are equivalent to low-emissions activities but all of the science tells us that we need to move to the low-emissions activities, so equivalence should not be given to those activities, some of which I mentioned earlier. With that in mind and specifically in regard to energy efficiency and climate literacy training, does that address the issue of the action required and the fact there should not be an equivalence when it comes to those activities? I refer here to the pro-cycling, anti-cycling arguments, for example, when we know that we need more cycling if we want to bring down our emissions and that is just a fact. Most people would agree with that, for instance.