Government risking 'climate backlash' by failure to communicate with public, Dáil committee told

Implementation of climate goals could end up as problematic as the 2011 ban on turf cutting in Special Areas of Conservation, Dáil told.

Academics have warned the Government is “fuelling” conspiracies about its climate goals and is also risking a “climate backlash” by not communicating these goals to people properly.

Dr Alison Hough, who heads the Access to Justice Observatory of the Environmental Justice Network of Ireland, said implementation of goals could end up as problematic as the 2011 ban on turf cutting in Special Areas of Conservation.