Ireland ‘could lead in sustainable development’
Comhar chairman Professor Frank Convery was speaking at the organisation’s national conference in Dublin yesterday where he spoke of Ireland’s potential to become a world leader in sustainable development by adopting innovative and proactive approaches.
Prof Convery said that with our accelerated economic growth over the past 15 years, we failed to deliver sustainable models for future growth. “Looking forward to the next decade, the new sustainable strategy must contain real targets that can have a positive impact on our climate and the way in which we live, while maintaining economic development. Setting targets is painless, but meeting them requires making sure that we have the right policies in place, sufficient resources, and well motivated and functioning institutions and personnel at national, regional and local levels.
