Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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I thank Dr. Hough. Like many politicians, I am campaigning and canvassing at the moment. It is an incredible privilege to knock on doors of hundreds of people - thousands at this stage - and talk to people about these kinds of issues. I am not getting a strong sense of disagreement about what we need to do. I am actually getting a very strong sense of agreement that we need to do everything we can. Where the point of difference is, perhaps, is on the challenging local projects that can become very heated. However, I think we are moving forward. I am an optimist, but when I hear talk of a 3°C increase in the mean temperature, that is a total catastrophe for humanity. We must do everything we can to stay with the 1.5°C increase, which itself is quite catastrophic. We simply need to do everything we can to abide by the Paris Agreement.

We are well out of time. I thank the witnesses again. I will adjourn this meeting until later today when we will have a private meeting at 3.30 p.m.