CBAM | DPP

Focused on Structural Imbalance and Strategic & Constructive Research, this column delivers systemic solutions for Auditable Trade under CBAM and DPP frameworks. We bridge policy gaps through middle-layer translation and rigorous algorithms, quantifying footprints to empower global verifiers. By deconstructing governance logic into technical certainties, we provide the essential tools to co-define and execute auditable standards for a transparent global trade order.

11 posts

The Syntax of Fairness: Dynamic Carbon Exchange Rate Protocol for CBAM Compliance

Abstract The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism fundamentally transforms carbon accounting from voluntary corporate practice into mandatory trade compliance. Yet CBAM's methodology assumes universal data quality across jurisdictions, imposing default values that penalize structural accounting difficulties rather than actual emissions. This study proposes a Carbon

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36 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow, Maya Robinson

From Sensors to Standards: A Privacy-Preserving Carbon Data Infrastructure for Global CBAM Compliance

Abstract The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has transformed carbon emissions data from voluntary reporting into a mandatory trade prerequisite, creating acute compliance barriers for small and medium enterprises in global supply chains. This study presents an integrated three-layer infrastructure addressing the structural deficiencies in current

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41 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow, Maya Robinson

Trust Without Surrender: Designing Middleware Infrastructure for Cross-Border Carbon Accounting

Abstract Cross-border carbon pricing mechanisms face a persistent dilemma: achieving data interoperability requires either comprehensive harmonization of national accounting systems, which is politically unachievable, or accepting fragmentation that undermines market integrity. This article proposes Unicarbon, a middleware architecture that resolves this dilemma through automated translation between heterogeneous monitoring frameworks without

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32 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow, Maya Robinson

Conditional Amplification in CBAM Compliance: How National Capacity and Product Complexity Interact to Shape Default Value Dependence

Abstract The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) imposes substantial compliance burdens on exporters, yet default value usage rates vary wildly even within identical product categories—from 18% among Turkish cement producers to 85% for Chinese specialty steel. Conventional analysis treats carbon accounting capacity as a technical

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33 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow, Maya Robinson

Hardware, Standards, Verification: The Technology-Maturity Framework for CBAM Carbon Accounting

Abstract Carbon accounting quality varies dramatically across industries and countries, yet existing frameworks struggle to explain why facilities with identical monitoring equipment produce vastly different compliance outcomes under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. This study develops a Technology-Maturity (TM) framework decomposing carbon accounting capability into two distinct dimensions. The

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30 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow, Maya Robinson

Comply, Converge, or Contest? Strategic Archetypes of CBAM Response in Emerging Economies

Abstract The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) compels trading partners to confront a fundamental strategic choice: how to respond when external regulatory pressure collides with domestic institutional realities. Three distinct strategic archetypes emerge from national responses. China pursues defensive adaptation, constructing parallel carbon accounting systems that

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33 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow, Maya Robinson

National Carbon Accounting Structural Difficulty and Enterprise CBAM Compliance: A Cross-National Framework Study

Abstract The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fundamentally transforms carbon accounting from voluntary corporate practice into mandatory border compliance. This study develops an analytical framework examining how national-level institutional barriers (Φ) interact with product-level technical complexity (Ψ) to determine enterprise reliance on CBAM default values (τ)

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21 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow, Maya Robinson

Modular CBAM: Epistemological Pluralism in Carbon Accounting

Executive Summary The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism confronts a dilemma: carbon accounting standards diverge substantially across industrial contexts, yet CBAM assumes methodological convergence toward European ISO frameworks as the sole path to rigor. This paper challenges that assumption through empirical analysis of three non-ISO methodologies—China&

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44 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow

Recalibrating Carbon Borders: CBAM's Failure Cascade and the Case for Translation-Enhanced Reform

Executive Summary The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), implemented in October 2023, represents a pivotal experiment in climate-trade policy integration. Yet its transitional phase has revealed structural deficiencies: 80% of declarants rely on default emission values, breakthrough technologies face insurmountable verification barriers, and WTO litigation probability

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26 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow

Mirror Images in Climate Governance: The CBAM-CDM Pattern and Translation as Enhancement

Executive Summary The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) represent two paradigmatic approaches to carbon pricing across borders—yet both face governance challenges that threaten their long-term viability. Applying the Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF) evaluation framework,

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35 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu, Ethan K. Marlow

A First Principles Framework for Climate Governance: Core Functions from Cybernetic Theory

Executive Summary Global climate governance suffers from what recent scholarship identifies as "theoretical fragmentation"—a proliferation of descriptive frameworks that fail to provide normative guidance for system design. We address this gap by developing the Theoretical Climate Action Framework (TCAF), which derives six necessary governance questions from cybernetic

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42 Min
By: Alex Yang Liu

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