Understanding Border Carbon Adjustments

This training with CCL Board Chair Dr. Ross Astoria reviews the basics of border carbon adjustments, how they're viewed constitutionally and in terms of trade legality, and the practical aspects of border carbon adjustment implementation along with its constraints.

View the Presentation Slides and the Understanding Border Carbon Adjustments page where the updated recording has been archived.

Skip ahead to the following section(s):

• (0:00) Intro & Background
• (2:29) Context & History of International Trade 
• (6:37) What Are Tariffs & Resolving Disputes
• (16:24) Adjustment Design For Fossil Fuels
• (19:14) Carbon Intensive Goods
• (26:47) Global Diplomacy Considerations & Examples
• Separate Q&A Discussion: https://youtu.be/OAdXY2bVCE8 

 Dr. Astoria recommends the following additional articles:

• Adam Tooze's Europe’s Decarbonisation Challenge? ‘Wir Schaffen Das’
• Foreign Affairs' Competition With China Can Save the Planet
• A Guide for the Concerned: Guidance on the elaboration and implementation of border carbon adjustment