Climate Economics Update The key battlegrounds for cutting property emissions A large part of the real estate sector’s carbon footprint is related to electricity production and so will shrink over time as the use of renewables continues to expand. The biggest challenges to... 9th January 2023 · 6 mins read
Climate Economics Update Assessing the knock-on impacts of the EU’s “CBAM” Following on from our recent background note on the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the signing off on the tool by EU Ministers over the weekend, this Update examines which... 20th December 2022 · 4 mins read
Climate Economics Update “CBAM” edging closer to existence While today’s agreement on the EU’s “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism” leaves vital questions unanswered, it is a step towards the valid goal of making users pay for the emissions that they consume... 13th December 2022 · 3 mins read
Climate Economics Monthly Oh no, not another COP… International efforts to halt and reverse nature loss dovetail with aims to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by protecting and expanding so-called carbon sinks, such as forests. But this is only... 30th November 2022 · 7 mins read
Commodities Watch “Food vs. Fuel” is back, but needn’t raise alarm Global food prices are at highs last reached in 2007-08 and 2011-12, when a sharp rise in global biofuel production sparked the “Food vs. Fuel” debate. In this Commodities Watch, we find that... 28th November 2022 · 8 mins read
Climate Economics Update Keeping track of green technology trade flows China’s dominance in the supply of some key materials needed for the green transition means that tracking imports of certain goods from the country can offer a timely, albeit imperfect, window into... 25th November 2022 · 2 mins read
Climate Economics Focus Methane emissions are in policymakers’ crosshairs The “global” pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% this decade is a worthy aim, but the fact that the world’s biggest emitters have not signed up is far from helpful, and many of the obvious ways to... 16th November 2022 · 15 mins read
Middle East & North Africa Economics Weekly Egypt-UAE wind farm, Dubai property, Egypt downgrade Egypt’s announcement at COP27 of plans to build one of the largest onshore wind farms is a positive move to increase renewables usage that will improve energy security and support the balance of... 10th November 2022 · 7 mins read
Climate Economics Update Five questions and answers on “climate finance” The most measurable climate pledge made to date has been on climate finance – specifically the commitment by advanced countries to provide $100 billion each year to the emerging world by 2020 to fund... 7th November 2022 · 3 mins read
Middle East & North Africa Economics Weekly Saudi banking sector, UAE-Saudi quarrel, COP27 The surge in Saudi interbank rates in recent weeks could cause credit growth to slow more quickly than we currently expect. Elsewhere, reports point to growing discontent in the UAE with Saudi Arabia... 3rd November 2022 · 7 mins read
Climate Economics Update Managing expectations ahead of COP27 Ahead of the start of COP27 in Egypt on Sunday, this Update explains why one should take the rhetoric of such events with a pinch of salt and focus instead on firm political actions and economic... 1st November 2022 · 3 mins read
Climate Economics Update Europe’s renewables push to stoke “greenflation” Although the energy crisis in Europe has dealt a blow to the EU’s near-term green ambitions, a combination of economic incentives, NextGenEU funding, and geopolitical expediency will cause the bloc to... 21st October 2022 · 4 mins read
Event Climate Drop-In: Forget COP27 – Economic and market forces will drive the green transition 3rd November 2022, 3:30PM GMT We don’t think COP27 is likely to achieve much. At the heart of our new Climate Economics coverage is the idea that economic and market forces – far more than government diktat – will drive the green…
Climate Economics Update Deforestation a key issue in Brazil’s election Environmental policy is one channel through which Brazil’s presidential election has global implications. The country is the single largest source of deforestation in the world and, with deforestation... 17th October 2022 · 5 mins read
Climate Economics Focus Primer on our dedicated Climate Economics research The purpose of this Focus is to introduce our new dedicated Climate Economics research. It is split into three sections. This first looks at how our coverage will be structured and what topics we will... 10th October 2022 · 17 mins read
CE Spotlight Securing raw materials in a fractured world China’s dominance in the supply of some key materials needed for the green transition means that US-aligned governments will continue efforts to secure supplies from “friendly” sources, which could... 6th October 2022 · 14 mins read
