Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. In the context of the European Union’s proposed CBAM, the policy places a price on the carbon emissions embedded in specific products imported into the EU that is equal to the carbon price under the EU Emissions Trading System. The policy is designed to prevent carbon leakage, allow a gradual phase-out of free carbon allowances under the EU ETS and to promote carbon pricing policies outside Europe.
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