The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism prices the carbon embedded in imported goods. The core is
one line — embedded emissions = quantity × (direct + indirect intensity) — but the
certificate liability then layers on the 2026–2034 phase-in and a rebate for any
carbon price already paid at origin. Pick a CBAM good, get the embedded tCO₂e, the certificates due,
and the euro cost, then jump to the full reporting tool.
CBAM is one of a family of mandatory climate-reporting regimes. Each calculator below runs the full methodology on GreenCalculus.com — with structured disclosures, schema-aligned exports, and jurisdiction-specific rules.
2.5% of embedded
emissions need certificates in 2026, rising to 100% by 2034. A carbon price already paid in
the country of production is deductible, so certificates = embedded × phase-in × (1 − origin price ÷ ETS price).
Default values are illustrative — the live tool uses the Commission's published default-value tables per
good and country.
The methodology, standards, definitions and related tools behind this calculator — all live on the platform.