FEATURE: Brazil builds momentum behind harmonising global carbon pricing system
Brazil is proposing an international effort to foster interoperability between different carbon pricing systems around the world, and has begun efforts to bring major emitters on board ahead of November’s UNFCCC climate summit.
Read MoreUS will not get EU CBAM special treatment, says European Commission
The EU has not committed to changing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to benefit US companies, but intends to make it easier for all companies to apply the incoming fee to their exports into the bloc, a European Commission spokesperson told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreEU carbon price to reach €78/t by end of year, bullish outlook for 2026, says trading firm
Benchmark EU carbon permits are expected to reach €78 per tonne by the end of this year, according to a commodities trading house that also expects a bullish 2026 for the market.
Read MoreEuropean exchange publishes EU CBAM reference carbon price
A European bourse has introduced a new EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) reference price, a weekly index designed to prepare affected companies for the bloc’s flagship carbon leakage policy, which will apply in full from 2026.
Read MoreEU to publish key CBAM rules, methodology clarity in Q4
The European Commission plans to publish three key set of rules for the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the fourth quarter of this year, it said in a call for feedback that opened on Thursday.
Read MoreSouth Africa presses EU for CBAM exemptions similar to those eyed for US
South Africa has urged the EU to grant it the same flexibilities promised to the US under the bloc’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), while Taiwan warned that the EU should account for how American tariffs are already reshaping global supply chains as it rolls out its carbon border fee.
Read MoreEU CBAM seen enabling €35-bln phaseout of free EU carbon permits -report
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) could pave the way for the full removal of up to 432 million free EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) allowances every year, worth around €35 billion, a report predicted on Monday.
Read MoreEuropean steel warns of tariff uncertainty despite joint EU-US trade statement
A European steel group has raised alarm over ongoing US tariffs on European steel, despite a joint statement from Brussels and Washington this week confirming intentions to deepen cooperation on trade in steel, aluminium, and their derivatives.
Read MoreFEATURE: Egypt’s last-minute EU CBAM preparations unlikely to defuse “bomb” in 2026
Egypt’s government is stepping up efforts to monitor and address emissions-intensive production to prepare for the Jan. 2026 EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) deadline – but this is too little, too late to shield the Egyptian economy, local experts say.
Read MoreThink tank urges European Commission to address major flaws in carbon compensation mechanism
An environmental think tank has warned the European Commission against expanding its state aid scheme for Indirect Carbon Costs (ICC), linked to the bloc’s carbon market, without first addressing major design flaws, in a policy brief published Thursday.
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