Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Kelly de Bruin:
I would just reinforce what Professor FitzGerald said. We are talking about the call in China, and that call is being used to make products for us. This idea of a carbon border mechanism is exactly that; it actually equalises carbon emissions per person across the world. In that way, we are at the moment using other people's carbon budgets in our own consumption. Having a carbon-border adjustment mechanism equalises the carbon cost across different countries. In that way, it is in my view more equitable.
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