Fifth Report - Greening imports: a UK carbon border approach

Select Committee
Environmental Audit Committee HC 737 4 April 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 20 items (8 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 20 of 20 classified)
Acknowledged 10
Deferred 10
Government response
Second Special Report - Greening imports: a UK carbon border approach: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2021–22 · published 21 Jun 2022
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3 Conclusion Deferred
Para 32
While net zero policies address the UK’s territorial production emissions, 43% of the UK’s consumption...
Conclusion
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 Summary
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
Para 33
Alongside CBAM, the UK’s carbon border approach needs to comprise a set of complementary policies,...
Conclusion
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 Summary
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
We recommend that the Government commence work immediately on developing a comprehensive UK carbon border...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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
Para 53
As the UK continues to negotiate its own trade agreements following exit from the European...
Conclusion
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 Summary
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
We recommend that the Government: a) Set out in its response to this report: b)...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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
Para 89
To navigate the design options available and ensure a policy response that is effective in...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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
Para 90
We recommend that the Government: a) clearly define its objectives for any carbon border approach...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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
Para 97
Pricing the carbon element, so low-carbon products become less expensive than high-carbon ones, is a...
Conclusion
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 Summary
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
Para 98
We recommend that the Government, at the design stage: a) Include a strategy to engage...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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
We recommend that the Government: a) Ensure, through the oversight of both Cabinet Committees on...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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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