EU Commission launches a call for evidence for an impact assessment on CBAM. The term to provide for the contribution will expire on 26 August 2025. The problems the initiative aims to tackle are: downstream carbon leakage which generates the risk of carbon leakage shifting to later stages of the supply chain. Downstream carbon leakage could occur if higher carbon costs for basic materials in the EU prompt manufacturers of downstream goods to move production abroad where carbon costs for those basic materials are lower. Alternatively, imports of carbon-intensive downstream goods from countries with less stringent climate policies could replace equivalent domestic products with lower embedded emissions. Downstream goods are…