Climate Economics Monthly

Central bankers’ climate predicament; COP29 in Baku

The range of challenges facing central banks associated with the green transition were discussed at length in several reports published by the Network for Greening the Financial System last month...

31st October 2024 · 5 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Draghi on green policies; UK farewell to coal power

Mario Draghi’s report on EU competitiveness, published this month, provided food for thought on the EU’s decarbonisation strategy. Meanwhile, with the imminent closure of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal...

30th September 2024 · 4 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Canada EV tariffs; Is Trump warming to EVs?

While Canada's tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles are unlikely to have a major impact on China's green exports, it is another example of broader global fracturing between China and the West...

30th August 2024 · 4 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Key highlights from July

This Monthly looks at some of the key climate-related developments in July, including the latest climate policy changes made by the new UK government, the effect of overcapacity on Chinese solar...

31st July 2024 · 4 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Key highlights from June

This Monthly looks at some of the key climate-related developments in June, including the narrowing wedge between the EU and UK carbon prices, and what Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist Claudia...

28th June 2024 · 4 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Key highlights from May

This Monthly looks at some of the key highlights from the Climate Economics service in May, including our coverage of US tariffs on Chinese-made green technology and recent price movements in the EU...

31st May 2024 · 3 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Key highlights from April

This Monthly looks at some of the key highlights from the Climate Economics service in April, including our coverage of Chinese exports of the "New Three" and green central bank policy.

30th April 2024 · 3 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Five highlights from March

This Monthly looks at five highlights from the Climate Economics service in March, including the launches of our New Three Export Indices and our second annual Climate Economics Outlook.

28th March 2024 · 5 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Five highlights from February

This Monthly looks at five highlights from the Climate Economics service in February, including the addition of Canada to our Regional Climate Databank, and the launch of our coverage of the EU carbon...

29th February 2024 · 5 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Polluter-pays principle to become more mainstream

Amid a flurry of news and action in carbon markets in recent months, this note examines the details and implications of developments around the world.

31st January 2024 · 5 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

COP-flation; declining deforestation; UK strike prices

Whatever does or does not get agreed at COP28 in Dubai over the coming weeks, one way in which the event will set records is the staggering number of people in attendance. Meanwhile, the decline in...

30th November 2023 · 5 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

Tusk tasked with decarbonising Poland; IEA optimism

Donald Tusk and his pro-EU coalition are making the right noises about phasing out coal usage in Poland, although it remains to be seen how his plans will survive contact with politically powerful...

31st October 2023 · 6 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

UK “green jobs”; lessons from COP28 warm-up acts

We were hoping that the recent publication of an experimental dataset on the number of “green jobs” in the UK by the Office for National Statistics would be a welcome distraction from the politics of...

29th September 2023 · 6 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

UK government scores a climate own goal

While the Women’s World Cup ultimately ended in disappointment for English supporters, it’s somewhat fitting that climate policy is increasingly being made into a political football. The failure in...

31st August 2023 · 6 mins read

Climate Economics Monthly

El Niño + global warming = long-term EM headache

“The Boy” is back Much ink has been spilled – not least by ourselves – on the potential impacts of the return of El Niño conditions on commodities and economies. It’s fair to say that some of the...

27th July 2023 · 6 mins read