CBAM and International Credits: What’s Just Changed? - with Dan Maleski

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent changes in CBAM regulations and their implications for carbon credits and compliance.

The European Commission just published a draft implementing act on CBAM and it quietly opens the door to international carbon credits counting toward carbon border liabilities. The rules are still being written, but the direction of travel is clear. Co-hosts Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme pulled our favourite CBAM expert, Dan Maleski back in for a rapid-fire debrief the day after publication. They wanted to get the Scoop on what's actually in the act, what's still missing, and what does it mean in practice for companies, governments, and CDR? The conversation unpacks the 10% cap on Article 6 credits, why domestic credits face no equivalent limit, and why that asymmetry should raise eyebrows. Dan also flags a real risk: with prices in voluntary carbon markets anything but standardised, the room for manipulation is not hypothetical. And with "independent persons" as the main safeguard, the jury is still out on how watertight this will be. One thread runs through it all: CBAM is pushing trading partners toward compliance regimes that look more like the EU ETS and for CDR project developers who can align with that compliance demand, the long-term signal is significant. The…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eve Tamme, Sebastian Manhart

Guest: Dan Maleski

Topics covered

• CBAM
• carbon credits
• international regulations
• voluntary carbon markets
• compliance regimes

Keywords

• CBAM
• carbon border adjustment mechanism
• international carbon credits
• voluntary carbon markets
• EU ETS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: European Commission

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