European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) and Iniciativa Climática de México (ICM) are organising a virtual Mexico-EU “town hall meeting” on August 27, 2020 on the role that Border Carbon Adjustments (BCAs) may play in addressing asymmetry in climate ambition under the Paris Agreement, with special focus on the plans that the European Union has to examine this option. This activity together with other similar planned “town hall” meetings will feed into a policy paper on the international views on BCA that ERCST will publish in collaboration with its partners.
The European Green Deal has strengthened the level of climate ambition, increasing the asymmetry of climate efforts by aiming to achieve climate neutrality in the European Union by 2050. This raises the question of how to deal with competitive pressure and carbon leakage, pushing BCAs to the front as a possible solution.
Border carbon adjustments (BCAs) aim to alleviate negative effects caused by uneven climate policies by including imports and/or exempting exports. BCAs seek to level the playing field in competitive markets, incentivize trade partners to strengthen their own climate efforts and prevent leakage of carbon emissions to jurisdictions with weaker policies. These objectives can be achieved by a tariff or other fiscal measure applied to imported goods, the extension of regulatory compliance obligations (e.g. ETS) to imports or a tax exemption or regulatory relief for exports.
This virtual town-hall is part of the ERCST project on border carbon adjustment, which is supported by Eurofer, Enel, FuelsEurope, the Government of France, the Government of Germany, HeidelbergCement, MetInvest, and Solvay.
 

Participation in these town halls is by invitation only. If you wish to participate, please contact Dariusz at ddybka@ercst.org

 
Workshop Material(s)
August 27, 2020 Agenda Mexico Town Hall
Press release – announcement of cooperation on BCAs with Iniciativa Climática de México
August 27, 2020 ERCST presentation Mexico-EU Town Hall
August 27, 2020 MANS presentation
August 27, Nota de prensa BCA Mexico-EU
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  January 28 @ 14:00 - 16:00

• Focus Group – European Commission’s CO₂ Transport Package: Implications for EU Climate Policy

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• Stakeholder Consultation: EU CBAM Legislative Proposal

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• Stakeholders Consultation – European Commission’s CO₂ Transport Package: Implications for EU Climate Policy

  February 24 @ 15:00 - 16:30

• State of EU ETS – Second Stakeholders Meeting

  March 11 @ 11:00 - 12:00

• Stakeholder consultation- EU’s Road Transport Decarbonization Policy: Innovative Policy Approaches for Industrial Competitiveness

  January 15 @ 15:00 - 16:30

• Focus Group: EU CBAM Legislative Proposal

  January 13 @ 15:00 - 16:30

• Stakeholder Roundtable: 2026 State of the EU ETS Report

  January 13 @ 10:00 - 12:00