The Impact of the 2024 Election on State-Level Climate Action
How will U.S. state-level climate action be impacted by the 2024 federal election?
Back to The Drawing Board On U.S. Permitting Reform
The effort to overhaul the permitting process for new energy projects took a major hit in September when Senator Joe Manchin had to scrap his plans to accelerate the approval of energy projects. During negotiations for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Democratic leadership promised, in exchange for Senator Manchin’s support of the climate bill, the […]
U.S. Climate Diplomacy Update – October
With the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) having passed, the Biden administration feels emboldened heading into future climate negotiations. The administration believes that the passage of the massive bill creates much-needed credibility on climate as it negotiates with the international community. With IRA initiatives set to put the U.S. on the path to moving closer to […]
U.S. Subnational Action on Climate
After the Trump administration pulled out of the Paris Climate Accords and rolled back environmental regulations, climate experts and advocates shifted their resources to the state and local levels in an effort to stay on track to meet emissions targets. A similar dynamic could play out now with no congressional action and the Supreme Court […]
International Climate Diplomacy Update
U.S. Climate Expectations for G7 At COP26 last year, the United States re-established a leadership position on climate change by working with other countries to strengthen 2030 emissions targets so that they align more closely than before with the goal of keeping warming at or below 1.5 degrees. The Biden administration is looking to use the […]
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 […]
Climate Implications of the Ukraine Crisis & Volatile Fuel Markets
With Russian troops entering and engaging in conflict within Ukraine the potential impacts this foreign policy crisis on climate change are becoming increasingly salient for those involved. The Biden administration is currently amidst a foreign policy crisis with large ramifications for energy and climate. The Ukraine-Russia conflict, which appears likely to escalate into a full-blown […]
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 […]
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 […]
Climate-Related Forest, Food, and Land Risks Threaten US Financial Stability
With 40% of US GDP exposed to climate-related risks from the land use sector, this report analyzes the source of these risks and shares recommendations for the federal government to protect US financial stability. In the US, 40 percent of GDP is generated from sectors directly exposed to tropical forest, food, and land risk, but […]