Research // Frank Muller

The Australia Institute Tasmania The Australia Institute South Australia
Centre for Future Work Carmichael Centre Nordic Policy Centre Centre for Responsible Technology Centre for Sex & Gender Equality
ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

June 2021

Climate Change, Renewable Energy, International Relations

Carbon Border Adjustments

What are they and how will they impact Australia?
by Frank Muller, Hugh Saddler and Hannah Melville-Rea

All G7 members have sharpened their climate and trade policies to consider the use of carbon border adjustments. Australia should lean in rather than push back on the development of such a proposal while taking advantage of the opportunities in existing and new export industries.

March 2007

May 2006

Climate Change, Tax, Spending & the Budget

Competitiveness and Carbon Pricing: Border adjustments for greenhouse policies

by Hugh Saddler, Frank Muller and Clara Cuevas

This paper outlines a radical new proposal to pay rebates to export industries adversely affected by greenhouse gas emission taxes thereby preserving the international competitiveness of energy-intensive exporters whilst maintaining the carbon price signal with the domestic economy. Implementation of the proposal would thus effectively remove the main argument used against the ratification of the

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