The European Commission has proposed a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, aiming to have the regime functional by 2023, and negotiations are ongoing on the shape of the final instrument. One of the most critically important issues, yet to be resolved, is the question of whether Scope 2 emissions should be included under the mechanism. This […]

Co-convened by ERCST and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) The European Green Deal has strengthened the level of climate ambition by aiming to achieve climate neutrality in the European Union by 2050. The European Commission has proposed a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as the preferred option to address the risk of carbon leakage. […]

Since 2019, ERCST has built up solid experience on BCAs and carbon leakage issues in the EU context. The ERCST Team has accompanied the CBAM file from its earliest stages in the legislative process, providing analytical input to the discussion on BCAs and fostering an informed debate with domestic and international stakeholders. At this event, […]

On the 21st of March, Andrei Marcu, Executive Director of ERCST, spoke at the CEPR Research and Policy Network on Climate Change, Hybrid Webinar ‘Economics of Border Adjustments’. Agenda    Recording