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Citizens’ Assembly ideas confront worst of global warming
Climate change is a pressing moral issue and action is needed for future’s benefit
The recommendations made by the Citizens’ Assembly have the potential to achieve the kind of societal transformation necessary for Ireland to play its part in countering the worst affects of global warming caused by humans spewing out CO2 into the Earth’s atmosphere.
Its brief – to identify how the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change – may in time become reality.
But the right decisions and sustained actions that win the broad support have to come first.
During the course of…