CBAM

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…

CBAM, Environment, EU law, European Commission

(Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)/ /1 Comment

Ivan Ozai (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University) Increasing concerns about anthropogenic climate change have motivated governments to strengthen policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. One of the most novel policy issues under discussion in the European Union is the implementation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) to equalize carbon prices on EU-produced…