Designing Border Carbon Adjustments for Enhanced Climate Action
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Author(s)
Mehling, Michael A.
van Asselt, Harro
Das, Kasturi
Droege, Susanne
Verkuijl, Cleo
Date Issued
July 11, 2019
Journal
American Journal of International Law
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Citation
Mehling MA, van Asselt H, Das K, Droege S, Verkuijl C. Designing Border Carbon Adjustments for Enhanced Climate Action. American Journal of International Law. 2019;113(3):433-481.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
The Paris Agreement advances a heterogeneous approach to international climate cooperation. Such an approach may be undermined by carbon leakage—the displacement of emissions from states with more to less stringent climate policy constraints. Border carbon adjustments offer a promising response to leakage, but they also raise concerns about their compatibility with international trade law. This Article provides a comprehensive analysis of border carbon adjustments and proposes a way to design them that balances legal, administrative, and environmental considerations.
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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
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https://doi.org/10.1017/ajil.2019.22
