Navigating the EU CBAM: Implementation and Compliance

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) officially entered its operational phase on January 1, 2026. But what do administration and compliance look like in practice? Join our one-hour webinar as industry experts and policymakers break down the technical aspects of this landmark policy. We will address important questions including:

  • Are there unexpected developments in the recently released implementation guidelines?
  • Which elements are still missing from the current implementation guidelines?
  • How has the business sector responded to the regulation so far?
  • What are the primary challenges facing EU importers?
  • What is the EU’s proposal to expand the scope of covered products?

SPEAKERS:
Francesco Graziani, Climate and Energy Counsellor, Delegation of the European Union to the United States
Alex Rau, Founding Partner, Environmental Commodity Partners
Gabriel Rozenberg, CEO of CBAMBOO

MODERATOR:
Shuting Pomerleau, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy, American Action Forum


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  Francesco Maria joined the EU Delegation in Washington DC in November 2023 as the Counsellor for Energy and Climate. Prior to his current posting in the U.S., he was Policy Assistant to the Director General at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy in Brussels. He also held the position of Legal Officer for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy at the European Commission.  
  Gabriel Rozenberg has spent his career at the intersection of climate, public policy and finance. He is co-founder and CEO of CBAMBOO, Gariel worked as a financial journalist, a hedge fund analyst and an investment director, and was active in London politics.
 

Alex has 23 years of experience in environmental commodities, carbon markets, and climate finance and is primarily responsible for investments at ECP. Alex previously founded Climate Wedge LLC, an independent carbon trading and climate finance investment firm in 2005, where he advised and managed direct investments in carbon and related environmental commodity markets for numerous institutional funds. He also cofounded U.S. carbon credit developer EOS Climate, as well as Ugandan cookstoves carbon distributor, Up Energy, and wrote the original version of the Voluntary Carbon Standard (now Verra), the most widely adopted trading standard for voluntary carbon assets.

 

Moderator
 

Shuting Pomerleau is the Director of Energy and Environmental Policy at the American Action Forum.

Shuting’s work focuses on energy and environmental policy analysis. Research topics include carbon border adjustments, carbon taxation, climate and trade, the latest developments in energy markets, and electricity markets. Her work has been featured in a wide range of outlets including Bloomberg, Financial Times, and TIME. She has also spoken at many public conferences and events.

Prior to joining AAF, Shuting served as the Deputy Director of Climate Policy at the Niskanen Center working on market-based climate change mitigation policies. Previously, she was a business strategy consultant working with senior executives of multinational corporations to advise their business strategies for U.S. and international markets.

Shuting holds a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University.