The EU boasts about its climate tariff: “whoever tries to destroy it, will destroy much more”

This kind of climate tax, which has just come into force in the EU, will be applied from January 2026

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has become “the talk of the town” at COP28, highly criticised by organisations such as the UN and the WTO and by countries such as China; but European negotiators have come out in defense of the tariff firmly: “whoever tries to destroy it, will destroy much more than the CBAM.” The EU bloc, very reluctant to address the controversy surrounding the measure at the beginning of the climate summit, has raised the tone in recent days, responding aggressively to criticism by insisting that it is not a protectionist policy “at all” and assuring that it seeks to “level the playing field”.

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