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''Environmental policy - European Union - regulation.''


One thousand million (1,000,000,000 or 10<sup>9</sup>).
(CBAM).


For example
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is a draft EU Regulation.


EUR 456 billion = EUR 456,000,000,000.
It is designed to address the problem of ''carbon leakage'' out of the EU and into other countries.


Often abbreviated to 'bn' or 'Bn'.  For example EUR 456bn.
Carbon leakage is the risk that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may increase in other countries, as a consequence of reductions within the EU.




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The mechanism of the CBAM would be a charge on goods imported to the EU, that had excessive levels of embedded carbon.


Historically in the UK and some other countries, 'billion' used to refer mathematically to 1,000,000,000,000 (or 10<sup>12</sup>).
Embedded carbon is a measure of the GHG emissions released during the production of goods in those other countries.
 
 
This historical usage never became well-established in finance, and is now - for practical purposes - defunct.
 
Importers would need to buy and surrender CBAM certificates for each tonne of CO<sub>2</sub> - or equivalent GHG emissions.
 
The price of CBAM certificates would be the same as the price of the equivalent EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) allowances.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Trillion]]
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[Carbon footprint]]
* [[Carbon leakage]]
* [[Carbon-neutral]]
* [[Carbon tax]]
* [[Carbon Trust]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility]]
* [[Decarbonise]]
* [[Embedded carbon]]
* [[Environmental profit and loss]]
* [[Footprint]]
* [[International Institute for Sustainable Development]]
* [[Regulation]]
* [[Renewables]]
* [[Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting]]
* [[World Trade Organisation]] (WTO)
 
 
==External links==
 
*[https://www.globalpolicywatch.com/2021/06/twelve-things-to-know-about-the-upcoming-eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/ The upcoming EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism - Covington Global Policy Watch]
*[https://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/guest-articles/an-eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-can-it-make-global-trade-greener-while-respecting-wto-rules/ Can an EU CBAM make global trade greener while respecting WTO rules? - International Institute for Sustainable Development]
 
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Revision as of 00:48, 10 July 2021

Environmental policy - European Union - regulation.

(CBAM).

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is a draft EU Regulation.

It is designed to address the problem of carbon leakage out of the EU and into other countries.

Carbon leakage is the risk that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may increase in other countries, as a consequence of reductions within the EU.


The mechanism of the CBAM would be a charge on goods imported to the EU, that had excessive levels of embedded carbon.

Embedded carbon is a measure of the GHG emissions released during the production of goods in those other countries.


Importers would need to buy and surrender CBAM certificates for each tonne of CO2 - or equivalent GHG emissions.

The price of CBAM certificates would be the same as the price of the equivalent EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) allowances.


See also


External links