The European Commission has proposed recognising international credits as a carbon price paid outside the EU. According to draft rules published on 13 May 2026, this proposal would reduce the import costs of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). This would enable African countries to keep some of the CBAM revenue within their borders through carbon credits being generated in projects in their home countries, and may to some degree alleviate the impact of the CBAM on developing exporting states.
