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Lecture Kleinman Center Event

Can Europe Plug Its Carbon Leaks with Tariffs?

Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM

Event Details

Speaker

  • Stefan Ambec INRAE Research Professor, Toulouse School of Economics

Moderator

  • Jesús Fernández-Villaverde Professor of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences

Location

Energy Forum at the Kleinman Center
220 S. 34th St.
Fisher Fine Arts Building, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Visiting Scholar Stefan Ambec of the Toulouse School of Economics will review the challenges in the design of the EU's CBAM.

Event Summary

On the path to achieving carbon neutrality, the European Union (EU) has recently adopted a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to address carbon leakage from international trade. Visiting Scholar Stefan Ambec of the Toulouse School of Economics will review the challenges in the design of the EU’s CBAM and discuss its impact on competitiveness, trade, carbon pricing, carbon emissions, and well-being.

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Can Europe Plug Its Carbon Leaks with the CBAM?
Stefan Ambec

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speaker

Stefan Ambec

INRAE Research Professor, Toulouse School of Economics

Stefan Ambec is INRAE Research Professor at Toulouse School of Economics where he leads the TSE Energy and Climate Center. Ambec is a 2023-2024 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.

moderator

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde

Professor of Economics

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde is a professor of economics and research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Penn’s Population Studies Center, and a Research Affiliate for the Centre for Economic Policy Research.