The UK government has opened an exploratory consultation to consider a range of possible policy measures to mitigate carbon leakage and to ensure the correct policy infrastructure is in place to decarbonize.

In a recent post, our team examines the potential measures, like a domestic carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), that the UK government could introduce to mitigate carbon leakage risk. The team also explores what is required of the embodied emissions reporting system to ensure it efficiently supports the implementation of carbon leakage mitigation