Welcome to Carbon Risk — helping investors navigate 'The Currency of Decarbonisation'! 🏭. It is now almost 16 years since a proposal to limit America's greenhouse gas emissions using a nationwide cap-and-trade scheme was dealt a fatal blow. The legislation was supported by most Democrats and
Welcome to Carbon Risk — helping investors navigate 'The Currency of Decarbonisation'! 🏭. Read this article and more with a 30-day free trial Grab your free trial now On 17th June Frontier, the advanced market commitment (AMC) designed to accelerate CDR technological development, announced that it was pledging an
Welcome to Carbon Risk — helping investors navigate 'The Currency of Decarbonisation'! 🏭. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced his resignation. Although nominations for the next leader are due by 9th July, the absence of any meaningful competition means that former mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, is
Europe's carbon capture and storage ambitions are starting to flag
Should we be pricing the compliance carbon risk curve?
Welcome to Carbon Risk — helping investors navigate 'The Currency of Decarbonisation'! 🏭. In January 2025 the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative, the flagship coalition setup in 2020 to align the asset management industry with global climate goals, announced that it was suspending its activities. Days earlier, the worlds
Welcome to Carbon Risk — helping investors navigate 'The Currency of Decarbonisation'! 🏭. A broad spectrum of viewpoints has emerged as EU ETS reform discussions begin to heat up. While some carbon-intensive industries want to continue with the blocs ambitious emission reduction targets, others are pushing for carbon compliance
Welcome to Carbon Risk — helping investors navigate 'The Currency of Decarbonisation'! 🏭. Gasoline prices in California have surged by around 30% since the start of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, and now stand at more than $6 per gallon, almost 40% above the US national average. In recent
Despite the noise, EU ETS reform discussions are yet to start in earnest
Welcome to Carbon Risk — helping investors navigate 'The Currency of Decarbonisation'! 🏭. Europe's policymakers are now reckoning with how to reform the EU ETS: to ensure that it remains politically viable, economically sustainable, and most importantly, retain its social license to operate. The EU ETS imposes a
UN carbon offset scheme likely to be superseded in Europe by the EU ETS
A market-led approach to pricing methane emissions