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Picard Programme, Paper Submission

Abu Dhabi, November 2010

Customs and Climate Change:A preliminary examination of the implications for customs of climate

change mitigation and adaptation policy options

World Customs Organization

Research and Strategies Unit

Office of the Secretary General

Robert Ireland

First, a little science

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2010

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20102010Tied with 1998 for the hottest year

since record keeping began.

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Customs & the Montreal Protocol

MITIGATION

ADAPTATION

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CUSTOMS and MITIGATION

• Carbon Import Tariffs (on products)

• Carbon Import Tariffs (on process)

� Also called Border Tax Adjustments (BTAs) on carbon

or a tariff imposed on embodied carbon

• Trade Facilitation for low-carbon energy

• A Green Green Lane

• Commodity Classification

• Enforcement

CUSTOMS and ADAPTATION

• Humanitarian Relief Consignments

• Trade Recovery

• International Trade Contraction

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Climate Change?

Russia, 2010 Pakistan, 2010

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