01/06/2024

Understanding Climate and Business In 2024

What to note in the year ahead

The private sector role in addressing climate change has evolved over the years with some players enthusiastically jumping in and others standing on the sidelines largely ignoring it. But that latter position has become increasingly unfeasible. This year, expect climate change, and its effects and the policies meant to address it, to grow in relevance across the private sector.

Here are six things I'm watching this year at the intersection of climate, business and finance.

The U.S. election

Any consideration of this year in climate, for the private sector or otherwise, should begin with the U.S. presidential election. Electing Donald Trump president would turn the U.S., the world's second-largest largest emitter, its largest economy, and its largest market, into a significant impediment to progress on climate policy.

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