Climate Change Policy
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-25
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

I know, but others have. This is complicated because there is a real issue. We have more than enough oil, gas and coal to burn this planet, in particular oil and gas. We have to stop exploring for new oil and gas. I was arguing that, not just within COP28, and it was not greenwashing. Yes, it did not go as far as I would like to see, but there was significant progress in tripling renewables, doubling efficiency, and committing to changing the international finance system so we get the $4.5 trillion we need into the clean energy alternative. We will continue to do that at the IEA ministerial in September, where I hope to bring the international discourse towards no new exploration in long-term oil and gas discoveries. That is the way you make progress, by working collaboratively in other institutions like COP, the IEA and elsewhere.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-25