炭素価格付け、今夏に中間整理　経産省研究会が初会合

　経済産業省は１７日、２０５０年を期限とする「脱炭素」目標に向け、温室効果ガスの排出量に応じて企業や個人に負担を課すカーボンプライシング（ＣＰ、炭素への価格付け）に関する有識者研究会の初会合を開き、本格的な議論を始めた。夏ごろに中間整理を示した上で、年内に一定の方向性を取りまとめる予定だ。
　排出量に応じて企業に課税する「炭素税」や排出量が多い企業が少ない企業から枠を買い取る「排出量取引」、温暖化対策が不十分な国からの輸入品に課税する「炭素国境調整措置」などについて、利点や課題を検証する。（2021/02/17-20:56）

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry started Wednesday full-fledged discussions on "carbon pricing" measures to have companies and individuals to pay for greenhouse gases they emit, by holding the first meeting of a study panel.
   The panel is scheduled to sort out issues in summer and wrap up the discussions by the end of this year, hoping to pave the way for Japan to realize carbon neutrality by 2050 as declared by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
   Specifically, members will discuss merits and demerits of taxing emissions, introducing a carbon cap-and-trade scheme to allow emission quota purchases and imposing "carbon border adjustment measures," or carbon tariffs, on imports from countries with insufficient measures against global warming.
   At the meeting, a member from the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry opposed introduction of any system that forces businesses to shoulder additional burdens.
   But one expert called for a shift to a competitive industrial structure so that companies can bear such additional burdens.