Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The UN has an interest in this. We need to refer to it. Going back to what I was saying, if it is just about the pot and you do not change the financial system, the fundamental problem that our global finance systems are not aligned with climate change remains. Senator Higgins is right; you have to be careful. You can broaden out and look at all financial flows but you can also criticise the other approach. It would not be responsible to only look at the quantity of public grant and not make sure it was used to leverage real change either.