Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, report set out in the clearest detail possible that our climate is in meltdown. If we do not act quickly, urgently and effectively, we are condemning future generations to a costly and dark future. They are sitting in the Gallery listening to us today. That is why I am here, namely, to act now, take those challenges and make those tough decisions.

I have confidence in the Government, my colleagues and the Green Party to lead on climate as we have always done. We are doing that through the climate Act which legally binds us to halving our emissions by 2030-----

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