Farmers and climate body united in concern over the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Tax be levied on imports into the EU of iron and steel, cement, fertiliser, aluminium, hydrogen, and electricity

For the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society, an added tax on fertiliser imports into the EU makes food production more expensive.

The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has achieved a rare distinction by uniting farmers and the Climate Change Advisory Council in their concerns about it in Ireland.

For farmers represented by the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS), it is simple: according to ICOS president Edward Carr, the CBAM “is essentially a tax on food production".