Environment
The EU’s CBAM places a carbon tax on certain imported goods when production is 'carbon intensive' and at risk of 'of carbon leakage'
Sinn Féin MEP Chris Mac Manus along with The Left in the EU Parliament launched a study on combatting carbon leakage in the agri-food sector.
Proposed measures at EU level for avoiding 'carbon leakage' will target fertiliser in their first phase of implementation.
Dairy
Reducing the herd size in Ireland "wouldn’t do anything" for the climate, due to carbon leakage, according to Dr. Frank Mitloehner.
"It makes neither economic nor environmental sense that a policy could lead to carbon leakage" according to Teagasc director Gerry Boyle.
