CBAM policy options for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia: cutting carbon exposure in electricity, cement and steel
climateanalytics.orgThe EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is now in force, and exporters of electricity, cement, fertilisers, aluminium, iron, steel and hydrogen face carbon costs at the border. Climate Analytics has published three policy briefs looking at Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, three EU candidate countries where CBAM exposure is a live trade and industrial policy issue. The briefs cover electricity, cement, iron and steel, chemicals and aluminium, with sector deep dives alongside national summaries. They argue that cost-effective decarbonisation, rather than paying CBAM charges, is the better route for exporters. The analysis is aimed at policymakers, business groups and civil society in the Western Balkans. Worth reading if you follow CBAM implementation outside the EU. It shows how border carbon pricing can push domestic policy choices in countries that are not yet EU members.
