At the ‘Environment’ Council on Tuesday 16 December, Poland, supported by Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia, requested an exemption for electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for unplanned electricity exchanges and emergency support, in particular for supplies to Ukraine, in the context of the war being waged by Russia.
From January 2026, CBAM will require the purchase of allowances for CO2 emissions from imported goods,...