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

I am happy to help shape it. Deputy Murphy is absolutely right that the world is in a perilous position when it comes to climate. Stefan Rahmstorf spoke the other day about the interconnected nature of the various tipping points we risk going over if we do not adhere to the Paris climate agreement. Even that is a probability risk we set. We know now it is not a political wishlist. It is a physical limit that we have to keep as our North Star that we have to meet. We should also be careful not to make people despondent, give up hope and think it is absolutely impossible. We are seeing at this time an increase in solar in particular, including in Ireland, and in wind power technologies and others that no one expected to scale. If we can continue the exponential rate of growth, it gives us the prospect of switching to a better alternative that is cleaner, cheaper and more secure. It is not impossible.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-25