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Carbon, Carbon offset, Carbon Tax, CBAM

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

What is CBAM? Have you heard of CBAM? No? Well, depending on your line of business it may now be time to read up on it. The major EU framework was established by an EU Regulation adopted by EU co-legislators on 16 May 2023 (OJ L 130/52 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R0956; the CBAM Regulation). It lays down obligations…

Carbon, Democracy, Environment, Justice, Subsidies

(Head of Climate and Circular Economy (Institute for European Environmental Policy), CEDOUA (University of Coimbra))/ /Leave a comment

Claudia Dias Soares[1] Key concepts: carbon accounting, capture, storage and removal, ‘Fit for 55 in 2030 package’, fiscal and monetary policy, social justice, environmental integrity Creative carbon accounting and techno-optimism On the 25th of April, the European Council adopted key pieces of legislation delivering on 2030 climate targets, following up on the legislative procedure to…