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2023: the debut of the first carbon border tax

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The European Union reached a provisional agreement on a first-of-its-kind Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in December 2022. The agreed shape of the CBAM is more ambitious than the initial proposal made by the European Commission, with an accelerated schedule and expanded scope. Read our report to find out - The key updates on the CBAM legislation process - How will the CBAM work? - How will the CBAM push decarbonization?

Table of contents

    • Which countries are covered?
    • What emissions are covered?
    • What sectors are covered?
    • What is the threshold?
    • How are embedded emissions determined?
    • How is the CBAM price determined?
    • CBAM certificate purchase and surrender
  • What doesn’t the provisional agreement answer?
  • How will the CBAM push decarbonization?

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  • Summary of the provisional agreement on the CBAM
  • CBAM certificates surrender, re-purchase and cancellation

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