Carbon Control Policies, Competitiveness, and Border Tax Adjustments

Carbon control policies, competitiveness, and border tax adjustments

Several propositions have recently been made to use border tax adjustments (BTAs) to address the loss of competitiveness induced by unilateral stringe…

A majority of people around the world support a carbon tax — even if they’re paying it - EnviroLink Network

People in affluent countries around the world are willing to tax themselves to address climate change and ease poverty. That idea defies conventional political wisdom, which typically holds that people hate taxes. It emerged in a survey of 40,680 people in 20 nations that found strong support for a carbon tax that would transfer wealth from the worst polluters to people in developing nations. Most of them support such policies even if it takes mo

EU Eases CO2 Tax Burden on SMEs with Revised CBAM Rules

Most SMEs and small importers in the EU will be excluded from the CO2 tax provided for by the CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) regulation. This is what the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have decided, following the proposals of the Omnibus I package, to find an agreement on the simplification of the European carbon tax, namely the CBAM (in Italian Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism). The aim of the new legisla…