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 months
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UN carbon offset scheme likely to be superseded in Europe by the EU ETS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
Welcome to Carbon Risk — helping investors navigate 'The Currency of Decarbonisation'! 🏭. Since the beginning of 2026, EU importers of carbon intensive products (iron & steel, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, hydrogen, and electricity) must factor in the cost of the embedded emissions. Importers can begin purchasing CBAM certificates (to cover
Financial institutions are bidding for a role in how permits are allocated
Methane abatement suffers from opportunity costs and misaligned incentives
Flávio Bolsonaro spells trouble for Brazil's climate policies
The price of fossil fuel subsidies is high: carbon emissions, air pollution, and energy insecurity
How carbon pricing policy has evolved amidst America's "affordability crisis"
Welcome to Carbon Risk — helping investors navigate 'The Currency of Decarbonisation'! 🏭. Last week the UK government announced that the Carbon Pricing Scheme (CPS) is to be abolished from April 2028. To recap, the CPS is an additional carbon price paid by fossil-fired power generators. Crucially, it's