Nature in decline, economy on the line
Nature is the economy’s life support system, and it is under strain. Frank Elderson calls for stronger global cooperation to tackle nature related financial risks
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Climate action
Five reasons why attacking the EU carbon market is economic self-sabotage
The ETS is the EU’s key climate policy instrument. Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann write that when discussing the emissions trading system policymakers should remember five risks of undermining the system
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Measure, model, tackle, tailor
Climate and transition shocks increasingly shape the macroeconomic outlook and financial risks. James Talbot sets out the Bank of England’s approach to assessing and managing climate impacts across its core objectives
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Rewiring trade for a warming world
The challenge for policymakers is to build rules that function amid disagreement in a divided world. Dennis Snower discusses how COP30 can turn climate goals into trade rules
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The EU should moderate its steel protection plan
There is a steel overcapacity problem. Ignacio García Bercero considers a European Commission proposal for a tight quota and high steel tariffs that risks undermining perceptions of the European Union as a reliable trading partner
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Geopolitical shifts and their economic impacts on Europe
The rules-based international system has fundamentally altered. André Sapir, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard and Jeromin Zettelmeyer examine the short-term risks, medium-term scenarios and policy choices and discuss how Europe can hold its own in a multipolar world
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The struggle against hesitation
The EU is engaged in an unprecedented struggle for independence, values and democracy in a world shaped by the re-emergence of imperial ambitions. Simone Tagliapietra says Ursula von der Leyen is right to say Europe is in a ‘fight’ around competitiveness and values, but it may lack the right pugilistic attitude
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Weathering the storm
It’s a time of profound change – technological, geopolitical, environmental. Sarah Breeden shares some real world examples of how risks to price and financial stability from climate change are emerging now, and how they might grow going forward
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Reconciling EU and Global South goals
Clean industrialisation is a political and economic priority for the EU. Ben McWilliams, Simone Tagliapietra and Jeromin Zettelmeyer argue that importing energy-intensive goods would be more efficient for EU clean industry goals than importing clean energy itself
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The time is right
The EU and India both rank among the world’s five largest economies. Ignacio García Bercero and André Sapir offer a broad perspective on the EU-India trade relationship and argue the time is right to make a European Union-India trade deal happen
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