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Michelle Murphy, a research and policy analyst at Social Justice Ireland, advocates a carbon tax on food, regular meetings for communities to decide the best way to tailor a just transition to their particular needs, and targeting electric vehicle grants at those living in rural Ireland

The environmental protection agency’s director general says the gap between aspiration and action and the polarisation of debate on the environment are major challenges that need to be addressed for a greener future

Our latest guest on the Business Post’s Five Degrees of Change energy and environment podcast, Andrew Murphy of the Environmental Coalition on Standards, suggests five policy and personal changes for a greener world, such as including aviation and shipping in national climate targets and revising our idea of what ‘toasty’ feels like

The latest guest on our Five Degree of Change podcast series, the vice-president of the European Council of Young Farmers, outlines his personal changes and the policy changes he would like to see, including a ban on below-cost selling of food, to support a sustainable future

As part of the Business Post’s Five Degrees of Change podcast series, Laura Heuston, co-founder of Sustainability Works, describes policy changes she would like to see along with personal goals to contribute to a greener world

The head of data and insights for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is the latest interviewee for the Business Post’s energy and environment podcast, in which he sets out the personal and political changes that he’d like to see result in a greener world

The associate professor in Dublin City University’s school of law and government is the latest guest on the Business Post

The Social Democrats spokeswoman on agriculture says science should trump vested interests in policymaking, and that green farming must be incentivised

The People Before Profit TD for Dublin South Central discusses her policy and personal changes for a greener world

The People Before Profit TD for Dublin South Central inherited a family tradition of activism, and believes that the running of the power grid, the outlawing of fossil fuel infrastructure, and transport and food production are all issues that must be given priority