Ann Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour) | Oireachtas source

These amendments seek to include a reference to the principle of climate justice in either section 3 or section 4 of the Bill. My own amendment No. 17 calls for the inclusion of a reference to climate justice in section 3(2) of the Bill in a slightly different and more prominent place to that proposed in their amendments.

Although legal reservations have been expressed about including a reference to climate justice, given the lack of an absolutely clear legal understanding of the concept in international law, I am nevertheless satisfied that it warrants inclusion in this Bill given its importance as a principle. In view of the foregoing, I request that these amendments be withdrawn in favour of my own version.

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