Designing border carbon adjustments for enhanced climate action
Mehling, Michael A. and van Asselt, Harro and Das, Kasturi and Dröge, Susanne and Verkuijl, Cleo (2019) Designing border carbon adjustments for enhanced climate action. American Journal of International Law, 113 (3). pp. 433-481. ISSN 2161-7953 (https://doi.org/10.1017/ajil.2019.22)
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Abstract
The Paris Agreement advances a heterogeneous approach to international climate cooperation. Such an approach may be undermined by leakage—the displacement of emissions from states with more to less stringent climate policy constraints. Border carbon adjustments (BCAs) 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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Mehling, Michael A.
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Item type: Article ID code: 67521 Dates: DateEvent11 July 2019Published2 April 2019AcceptedSubjects: Law Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 09 Apr 2019 09:02 Last modified: 16 Apr 2025 21:05 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/67521