Carbon pricing

Carbon pricing, CBAM, Environment

(Senior Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Sweden)/ /Leave a comment

Susanne Akerfeldt (Senior Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Sweden[1]) What is CBAM? Simply put, CBAM is an EU proposal to ensure that imports of certain goods to the EU pay the same price on carbon emissions, as would have been paid if these goods have been produced in the EU. The EU Commission presented a proposal…

Carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, Environment, EU, Fit for 55

(Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Austria)/ /1 Comment

A new carbon pricing instrument In autumn 2021, the Austrian government presented its long announced eco-social tax reform as part of its climate strategy to minimize the Austrian greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2040. The Austrian Ecological Tax Reform Act contains a variety of climate and compensatory measures for citizens and companies. A…