Fig. 2: Embodied emissions for non-EU facilities calculated based on cradle-to-border GHG emission data using the CBAM designs in Fig. 1.
From: Embodied emissions of chemicals within the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
A perfect CBAM would exactly match cradle-to-border GHG emissions. a, Embodied emissions for polyethylene under the chemicals covered plus the average fallback design. b, Embodied emissions for ethylene under the chemicals covered plus the average fallback design. c, Embodied emissions for ethylene under the chemicals and feedstocks covered plus the average fallback design. ‘Self-profiting reporting behaviour’ assumes that facilities supply baseline data only if it results in lower embodied emissions than the fallback value. Facilities are ordered by decreasing cradle-to-border life-cycle emissions.
