Elaine Loughlin: How can Sinn Féin duck the world's biggest challenge?

Party must indicate how it will tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions, writes Elaine Loughlin 

Asking the farmers to cut the number of their herd is not an easy message but Sinn Féin cannot deny that tough decisions have to be made. Picture: Larry Cummins

How can the most popular party in the country think it's acceptable to not hold a position on the greatest challenge facing our planet?

Sinn Féin, which has soared well beyond the two other main political parties in the polls, expects the electorate to blindly vote for its candidates in the next general election without giving any indication as to how it would reduce carbon emissions.