Public face 'difficult and expensive choices in tackling climate crisis

Minister for Climate and Transport Eamon Ryan said climate change has to be 'citizen-centred'. File Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

Politicians and energy firms need to substantially up the ante when it comes to getting the Irish population on board with the transformation required to tackle the climate crisis, leaders have conceded.

ESB chief executive Pat O'Doherty and climate minister Eamon Ryan told an Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) event on Irish energy policy and the transition to net-zero emissions that there needs to be a focus on communication and engagement.