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CRU: What will the US elections mean for climate policy?
Please also see our accompanying Insight, shared by SMU last week, which focuses on the likely broader economic implications of a Harris or Trump win. Does it matter for US climate policies whether a Democrat or a Republican wins the US presidential election?
Global green policies and commodity markets
Part three of our three-part Insight series covers the impact on commodity markets China, the USA and Europe are pursuing different strategies to establish their leads in future green markets. In mid-2022, the US government launched the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). EU policymakers are concerned that the financial support to US-based green businesses offered by the IRA could make Europe relatively less attractive as a green-tech location, adding to pressure from Chinese competitors.
Chinese government tightens ETS benchmarks for power generators, but offers generous exemptions
Click to download (274KB) The Chinese emissions trading scheme (ETS) uses emissions intensities to determine the compliance obligations of power generators – currently the only sector covered by the ETS. In mid-March, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment retrospectively published the benchmarks for 2021 and 2022 that will be used to determine how many allowances power generators will have to submit.
How the EU is responding to the green challenges
Part two of our three-part Insight series covers the EU Green Deal Industrial Plan and supplementary acts China, the USA and Europe are pursuing different strategies to establish their leads in future green markets. In mid-2022, the US government launched the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
The race to dominate future green markets
Part one in this three-part Insight series sets out green policy options in general China, the USA and Europe are pursuing different strategies to establish their leads in future green markets. In mid-2022, the US government launched the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). EU policymakers are concerned that the financial support offered by the IRA to US-based green businesses could make Europe relatively less attractive as a green-tech location, adding to pressure from Chinese competitors.
Commodity markets will need to adapt to new financial disclosures on climate and biodiversity
Author Mark Jeavons Head of Sustainability Author Frank Eich Economist The financial markets are playing an increasingly important role in driving the energy transition. To do so effectively, they need transparent and comparable information on financial risks. Over the last few years there has been a wave of global financial disclosure initiatives, starting with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). G7 countries are now legislating the TCFD’s recommendations.
Commodity markets will need to adapt to sustainability disclosures
The second phase of the EU Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation entered force in January 2023. To fight greenwashing and improve comparability across products, financial market participants and financial advisers are now required to publish Principal Adverse Impact assessments to show how their investment decisions and advice impact on the environment or human rights. The latest move in the EU is part of a wider trend globally to improve disclosure regulations, including on biodiversity.
Focus on biodiversity will require miners to adapt
At the mid-December COP15 on biodiversity, nearly 200 governments adopted the Global Biodiversity Framework with goals and targets to be met by 2030. Agreeing on the so-called 30x30 target, which commits governments to protect 30% of land and marine areas by 2030, was hailed as a historic breakthrough. Governments now need to spell out in their national biodiversity strategies and action plans how they want to achieve that. Doing so in a credible way will prove challenging.
CRU: Carbon Pricing Schemes – Only For The Rich? - Steel Market Update
By CRU Economist Frank Eich and CRU Sustainability Analysts Zsombor Garzo and Lize Wan In this Insight, CRU Sustainability looks at carbon pricing schemes around the world. These schemes, which can be either in the form of carbon taxes or emission trading, are generally regarded as one of the most effective ways to mitigate climate change as they put an explicit price on carbon emissions. ALREADY A SMU MEMBER?
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