Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)
1:59 pm
Mr. Robert Watt:
If we had to reduce emissions next year by 1 million units, we could agree to do that. The next question concerns which of the sectors has to do it and how we share the burden? It can be done on a pro ratabasis or relative to the cost of abatement, which is the more efficient way. We could also say that, because agriculture is responsible for 40% of emissions, that sector should reduce by 400,000 units. That, however, is just to set the top-down target. The next question is how we are going to get there. We need to consider what options there are and how we would enforce them.