Risks to Sustaining Climate Action: Why Securing Clean Energy Supply Chains Requires A Global Perspective
Climate Advisers analysis of US efforts to shore up clean energy manufacturing and critical mineral supply chains finds significant gaps in current policy and recommends foreign policy actions to enhance US global leadership ahead of the G7 summit. As the world shifts towards clean energy policymakers in the US have increased their efforts to boost […]
Climate Clubs – Key Design and WTO Compliance Issues
There is growing interest in developing “climate clubs,” smaller groups of countries focused on coordinating climate policy, to accelerate climate action. Climate Advisers shares this brief analyzing the key factors to design effective clubs that comply with World Trade Organization rules. Proposals for climate clubs so far have varied significantly, making it difficult to evaluate […]
Benefits to the United States of Sustainable Protein Innovation
To prevent catastrophic climate change, the world needs to reach zero net emissions by midcentury. Achieving that goal will require rapid innovation and large-scale investments in every economic sector, including the massive global food and agriculture economy. Within that sector, the largest single factor determining climate success will be whether the world transitions to low […]
Long-Term Implications of an Energy Shock Scenario Analysis
What would be the consequences for climate action should the current energy crisis worsen, and prices rise even higher or remain elevated for an extended amount of time? Now that tensions between Moscow and the West over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have led the United States to stop buying Russian energy supplies, the situation could […]
U.S. Climate and Energy Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine
President Joe Biden came into office vowing to be the most ambitious president ever on climate. A little over a year into his presidency, soaring oil and gas prices as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brings new dilemmas for the Biden administration’s climate goals. President Joe Biden came into office vowing to be […]
Congressional Appetite for Climate Action in 2022
The evolving foreign policy crisis in Ukraine and failure to pass the Build Back Better Act in 2021 has diverted attention away from domestic climate change priorities in 2022. What is still on the table? Recently, prospects have dimmed considerably for the Build Back Better Act, which would have implemented a significant portion of President Biden’s […]
US Climate Diplomacy Moves: Methane and Staff Updates
This post looks at recent developments that affect U.S. climate diplomacy, including progress on the Global Methane Pledge and staff changes in Special Envoy Kerry’s office. Methane and the MEF Since it was launched at COP26 in Glasgow, 111 countries have joined the Global Methane Pledge. Participants agreed to take voluntary actions to contribute to […]
Outlook on US Midterms & State Climate Action
Historically, voters have tended to blame the party in power for problems taking place in the country. As a result of this recurring trend, the President’s party has often lost ground in midterm elections, particularly in the President’s first term. For instance, this happened in 1994, when the Republican party secured unified control of Congress […]
Update on President Biden’s Climate Agenda
Despite setbacks, such as not being able to secure speedy Congressional enactment of the President’s climate legislation (called Build Back Better) and not convincing China to make ambitious revisions to its nationally determined contribution (NDC), the Biden administration believes it produced a number of major climate successes in 2021. These perceived accomplishments included re-establishing American […]
Tackling Deforestation and Protecting Investors: Material Financial Risks From Tropical Commodities
The US imported $618 billion in tropical commodities in 2020 ($76 billion in tropical agricultural commodities). Here’s why that matters as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deliberates on climate-related financial disclosures. In anticipation of the SEC releasing new proposals for regulating climate-related financial risks, Climate Advisers has published a report on the risks to […]