The Global Emissions Impact of Irish Consumption
What do our consumption patterns mean for global emissions and how can we reduce our global climate impact?
This event will present recent ESRI research funded by the EPA on the estimated global emissions from Irish consumption and the potential use of a green VAT to reduce consumption-based emissions.
This will be followed by an expert panel discussion on how we can incentivise Irish consumers to change their consumption patterns to reduce their global emissions impact.
Programme
Programme
9:30
Registration
10:00
Welcome
Prof Alan Barrett, Director, ESRI
10:10
Presentation of research
Dr Kelly De Bruin, Senior Research Officer, Energy, Environment and Infrastructure, ESRI, climate modelling team lead - currently developing the Ireland Environment, Energy and Economy (I3E) model
Dr Miguel Tovar Reaños, Research Officer, Energy, Environment and Infrastructure, ESRI, carbon tax expert
10:50
Panel discussion
Dr Shane Timmons, Research Officer, Behavioural Research Unit, ESRI, co-author of the report Public understanding of climate change and support for mitigation
Hanz Zomer, CEO, Global Action Plan Ireland
Dr Kelly De Bruin, ESRI
Dr Miguel Tovar Reaños, ESRI
12:00
Q&A