Carbon border adjustment mechanisms

Environmental Audit Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 24 Sep 2021 Closed: 21 Jun 2023 Parliament page
The Environmental Audit Committee is launching an inquiry into carbon border adjustment mechanisms (CBAMs). The inquiry is looking at the role a CBAM could play in addressing potential carbon leakage and meeting the UK’s environmental objectives. The inquiry is also considering the wider impacts, risks and opportunities which might arise … Read more
8 Recommendations
12 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
3 Events
Activity timeline 8 events
21 Jun
2022
Report published
4 Apr
2022
Report published
23 Feb
2022
Oral evidence
23 Feb
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
8 Dec
2021
Oral evidence
8 Dec
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
24 Nov
2021
Oral evidence
24 Nov
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
23 Feb 2022
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Mike Williams · HM Treasury Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC · HM Treasury
8 Dec 2021
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Dr Richard Leese · Energy Intensive Users Group Dr Scott Steedman · British Standards Institution Fergus McReynolds · Make UK Mr Pawel Kisielewski · CCm Technologies Paul Dawson · RWE Supply & Trading GmbH Richard Warren · UK Steel Rich Woolley · Chemical Industries Association
24 Nov 2021
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Domien Vangenechten · Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) Dr Sanna Markkanen · Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Hannah Dillon · Zero Carbon Campaign Michael Mehling · University of Strathclyde School of Law Mike Thompson · Committee on Climate Change Misato Sato · Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics Sir Dieter Helm · University of Oxford
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a UK carbon border approach HC 737 4 Apr 2022 20 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
10 results
Clear
3 Conclusion Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
While net zero policies address the UK’s territorial production emissions, 43% of the UK’s consumption...
While net zero policies address the UK’s territorial production emissions, 43% of the UK’s consumption emissions arise from imports. The UK’s principal carbon pricing mechanism, the ETS, applies to domestic production, but no carbon price is currently applied to imports … Read more
Government Response
The government is working internationally to promote carbon pricing and announced its intention to consult on carbon leakage mitigation options, including a UK CBAM, but does not commit to any course of action.
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4 Conclusion Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
Alongside CBAM, the UK’s carbon border approach needs to comprise a set of complementary policies,...
Alongside CBAM, the UK’s carbon border approach needs to comprise a set of complementary policies, including product standards, to tackle consumption emissions beyond those covered by explicit carbon pricing, and support decarbonisation across the economy. Careful design is needed to … Read more
Government Response
The government is working internationally to promote carbon pricing and announced its intention to consult on carbon leakage mitigation options, including a UK CBAM, but does not commit to any course of action.
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5 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
We recommend that the Government commence work immediately on developing a comprehensive UK carbon border...
We recommend that the Government commence work immediately on developing a comprehensive UK carbon border approach, in order that this might be implemented during the 2020s. We recommend that this include a CBAM as part of a co-ordinated set of … Read more
Government Response
The government is working internationally to promote carbon pricing and announced its intention to consult on carbon leakage mitigation options, including a UK CBAM, but does not commit to any course of action.
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7 Conclusion Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
As the UK continues to negotiate its own trade agreements following exit from the European...
As the UK continues to negotiate its own trade agreements following exit from the European Union, there is an opportunity to align trade policy with the UK’s role as a leader in climate change action; further analysis is required to … Read more
Government Response
The government is working internationally to promote carbon pricing and announced its intention to consult on carbon leakage mitigation options, including a UK CBAM, but does not commit to any course of action.
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13 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
We recommend that the Government: a) Set out in its response to this report: b)...
We recommend that the Government: a) Set out in its response to this report: b) how it intends to work with stakeholders in the EU and UK to understand how the proposed EU CBAM, would affect the UK, including in … Read more
Government Response
The government announced its intention to consult on a range of carbon leakage mitigation options, including a UK CBAM, later this year, but does not commit to any course of action.
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15 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
To navigate the design options available and ensure a policy response that is effective in...
To navigate the design options available and ensure a policy response that is effective in achieving its objectives, it is important that the Government articulate from the outset the objectives of the UK’s carbon border approach, so that the design … Read more
Government Response
The government announced its intention to consult on a range of carbon leakage mitigation options, including on a UK CBAM, later this year.
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16 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
We recommend that the Government: a) clearly define its objectives for any carbon border approach...
We recommend that the Government: a) clearly define its objectives for any carbon border approach at the outset, and ensure the choice of policy options and design consideration at each stage is led by these objectives. These should encompass the … Read more
Government Response
The government announced its intention to consult on a range of carbon leakage mitigation options, including on a UK CBAM, later this year to seek a wide range of views from stakeholders on the UK’s future carbon leakage mitigation policy.
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17 Conclusion Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
Pricing the carbon element, so low-carbon products become less expensive than high-carbon ones, is a...
Pricing the carbon element, so low-carbon products become less expensive than high-carbon ones, is a powerful lever to reduce consumption emissions, to support the development of low-carbon products and increase access to such products. Currently, high energy prices and rises … Read more
Government Response
The government announced its intention to consult on a range of carbon leakage mitigation options, including on a UK CBAM, later this year.
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18 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
We recommend that the Government, at the design stage: a) Include a strategy to engage...
We recommend that the Government, at the design stage: a) Include a strategy to engage with the public in the design of the carbon border approach to develop and maintain public support and keep the public informed of the changes … Read more
Government Response
The government announced its intention to consult on a range of carbon leakage mitigation options, including a UK CBAM, later this year, and is committed to communicating in an open and transparent way as it develops its carbon leakage mitigation policy options but does not commit to any course of action.
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20 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Greening imports: a…
We recommend that the Government: a) Ensure, through the oversight of both Cabinet Committees on...
We recommend that the Government: a) Ensure, through the oversight of both Cabinet Committees on Climate Action, that the UK’s carbon border approach is aligned with existing environmental, trade, development and fiscal policy, through both its design and implementation stages. … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the importance of aligning its approach to carbon leakage with wider policy and will continue to engage with Cabinet Committees and work across Government and announced its intention to consult on a range of carbon leakage mitigation options, including on a UK CBAM, later this year.
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Government Response AI assessment · 20 of 8 classified
Acknowledged 10
Deferred 10
Total 8 recs + 12 conclusions