Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her reply. The problem for every person on the planet is we find it difficult to accept the disaster with which we are faced and while, intellectually, we can understand it, emotionally we probably have not taken it on board. This is a huge problem for all of us because it is difficult to get ourselves into the mode where we truly appreciate where we are. What we can do within the EU is only part of what needs to be done in the world. Can we demand of fellow member states particular outcomes in terms of climate change practice? There are increasing problems with CO2 emissions. Can we punish the countries with which we trade that do not take on board the need to change how we do things?

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