Strategic Policy Development
Through our Advisory work CCC gains a unique insight into climate change related legislation and its development.
Tackling climate change has become an economic opportunity, an environmental necessity and a pillar of energy and economic policy. Reducing carbon emissions, expanding renewable energy capacity, improving energy efficiency: these are crucial elements of energy policies around the world.
CCC's policy researchers, carbon and energy market analysts and government advisors are responsible for monitoring, anticipating and advising eventualities associated with the low carbon economy.
Monitor
Monitor the carbon and energy markets and environmental legislation which underpins them. For example:
- EUETS, CDM and JI, Voluntary Carbon Markets
- UK Renewables Obligation and Continental Europe developments
- European Union, California, RGGI, China, UNFCCC
Anticipate
Forecast the price of carbon, anticipate changes in the CDM methodologies and international and domestic changes in regulation, laws and policies. Examples of previous activities include:
- EUA price fluctuations and weakenings
- Failure of the Renewables Obligation
- Tough phase II NAPs
- Emerging and evolving CDM regime
Advise
Advise governments, clients and investors on policy design, legislators' attitudes, investors' appetites and corporates' attitudes. This includes:
- Successfully advised on tight phase II NAPs
- UK Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation
- Banding of UK Renewables Obligation
- California MAC
- CDM methodologies
- Green Investment Bank
Understanding how standards, market based policies, obligations and taxes affect commercial enterprises and how they are likely to develop is key to CCC's ability to create value for its clients and investors.
