Second Special Report - Greening imports: a UK carbon border approach: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2021–22

This is the government's response, published 21 June 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government says it agrees that multilateral solutions are needed and that "the risk of carbon leakage is real", and intends to consult later in 2022 on carbon leakage mitigation options, including whether a CBAM "could be appropriate", without committing to any course of action.

• The government agrees that "we need multilateral solutions" and says it is "committed to building on our COP26 climate leadership" by working with international partners towards a common global approach to carbon pricing and leakage.
• It intends to consult "later in the year" on carbon leakage mitigation options, including "whether measures such as product standards and a CBAM could be appropriate tools". It states the announcement "does not commit the Government to any course of action down the line".
• On alignment with wider policy, it "agrees with the importance" of aligning its approach with environmental, trade, development and fiscal policy, and will continue to engage the relevant Cabinet Committees.
• On linking the UK and EU emissions trading schemes, the government is "open to linking the UK ETS internationally in principle" and "is considering a range of options", with "no decision on any preferred linking partners" made.

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