Publications

Carbon import fees are gaining traction around the world. This novel policy tool would impose a charge on imported goods…

January 15, 2025
Daniel Hoenig
Policymakers are beginning to see tariffs as a strategic tool to gain geopolitical leverage, mitigate national security concerns, diversify supply…

July 17, 2024
Holly Rooper
Import fees based on emissions intensity are just around the corner. The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is in…

April 3, 2024
Daniel Hoenig
The Montreal Protocol is often cited as the most influential international environmental treaty to date. This agreement, which all 197…

April 2, 2024
Holly Rooper
Momentum continues to build worldwide for the use of carbon import fees, policies that charge importers for the emissions embedded…

February 14, 2024
Daniel Hoenig
In September, we released the report Carbon Import Fees and the WTO, a first-of-its-kind legal analysis of how different climate…

November 15, 2023
Catrina Rorke
As Yogi Berra observed, predictions are hard to make, particularly about the future. But that hasn’t stopped critics of Senator…

November 2, 2023
Matt Porterfield
On November 2, 2023, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced his Foreign Pollution Fee Act with support from Senator Lindsey Graham…

November 2, 2023
Matt Porterfield
The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the world’s first carbon import fee on internationally traded goods, entered its inaugural…

October 10, 2023
Daniel Hoenig
In August, the EU unveiled its implementing regulation for the initial stage of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), effective…

September 21, 2023
Catrina Rorke, Matthew Porterfield, Daniel Hoenig
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