Designing Border Carbon Adjustments for Enhanced Climate Action

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mehling, Michael A.; van Asselt, Harro; Das, Kasturi; Droege, Susanne; Verkuijl, Cleo
• 署名单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Strathclyde; University of Eastern Finland; Johns Hopkins University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-9300
• DOI: 10.1017/ajil.2019.22
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 433-481
• 关键词: tax adjustments; Paris agreement; POLICY; emissions; leakage; kyoto

摘要

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.