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To make Clean Industry stick, the United States needs new trade mechanisms

Jun 14, 2024 | energypost.eu | Allegra Dawes

The industrial sector throughout the world needs to decarbonise. At the same time, no one country wants to incur the costs and risk losing market share to rivals who decarbonise slowly (or not at all!) Hence the EUâ€™s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that imposes costs on carbon-intense imports. This protects clean EU industries while incentivising importers to get going with decarbonisation or lose their European customers.
To Make Clean Industry Stick, the United States Needs New Trade Mechanisms

May 22, 2024 | csis.org | Allegra Dawes

There are a variety of policies that have emerged in the United States both as a response to the CBAM and as efforts to bolster industrial competitiveness and support the long-term success of new industrial decarbonization efforts. The PROVE IT Act, proposed in 2023, would direct the Department of Energy to collect data on the emissions intensity of producing a variety of industrial products like steel, aluminum, cement, and fuels in the United States and other countries.
Protectionism, Competition, and Elections: Navigating a New Era of U.S. Climate Leadership

Apr 10, 2024 | csis.org | Allegra Dawes |Joseph Majkut

How should the United States define its role as a leader in the emerging clean energy economy and in addressing climate change globally? Following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, the United States has embarked on a new pathway for climate action—one based on industrial policy for the production and deployment of clean energy technologies. This opens new opportunities and new challenges for the United States’ global climate leadership.
What’s Plaguing Voluntary Carbon Markets?

Feb 12, 2024 | energypost.eu | Allegra Dawes

In voluntary carbon markets, buyers (like big companies with emissions) voluntarily purchase and trade in offsets generated from emissions reduction or removal projects elsewhere. And in early 2023 momentum was building for them, but that soon collapsed as evidence of greenwashing grew: forestry programs were significantly overestimating their value.
What’s Plaguing Voluntary Carbon Markets?

Feb 2, 2024 | csis.org | Allegra Dawes

Voluntary carbon markets (marketplaces in which buyers voluntarily purchase and trade in offsets generated from emissions reduction or removal projects) have long been the center of a divisive debate. Proponents of these markets in which companies and other buyers can purchase carbon credits to offset their emissions argue that they are essential for increasing climate finance and enabling companies to reach their net-zero targets.
Methane Reductions in Oil and Gas, Agriculture, and Waste

Nov 17, 2023 | csis.org | Ben Cahill |Allegra Dawes |Mathias Zacarias |Sophie Coste

Methane challenges vary between the oil and gas, agriculture, and waste industries, but there are common problems. Experience in the oil and gas industry suggests that investor and public pressure on agriculture and landfills will grow, especially if the hydrocarbon sector begins to make larger strides toward methane mitigation over the medium term and beyond.
Where Does U.S. Offshore Wind Go from Here?

Oct 27, 2023 | csis.org | Allegra Dawes

In September, following months of increasingly bad news in nascent offshore wind sector, six East Coast governors warned that without federal action, the industry was at risk of stalling. Project developers have pointed out that supply chain constraints, inflation, and high interest rates are threatening to derail proposed projects.
Aligning Ambitions: State Strategies for Offshore Wind

Sep 14, 2023 | csis.org | Allegra Dawes |Sophie Coste

State Strategies for Workforce DevelopmentAs with many clean energy technologies and supply chains, the Biden administration has tied the expansion of offshore wind to the creation of new well-paying jobs. Meeting the administration’s target of deploying 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 is projected to create thousands of new jobs, including 44,000 positions in offshore wind and 33,000 jobs in communities supported by offshore wind activity.
On Carbon-Linked Trade, Start with the Basics

Aug 10, 2023 | csis.org | Cy McGeady |Allegra Dawes

Global trade and climate policy are increasingly entwined. Across the globe, policymakers seek to drive investment into domestic green industry, reduce emissions, and avoid carbon leakage, all while preserving the efficiencies of global trade. The foundation for policy that navigates these issues is emissions accounting.
Transatlantic Efforts to Cut Methane Emissions

Jun 23, 2023 | csis.org | Ben Cahill |Allegra Dawes

The parliament also recommended the European Union introduce a methane intensity standard.