Expertise

Climate and Environmental Policy

Global Policy Group^®  assists corporate clients from North America, Japan, and Europe on climate and environmental policy through retainer relationships and customized consulting assignments.  Global Policy Group^®  provides intelligence and analysis, offers advice and guidance to senior corporate executives, and organizes meetings for clients with government and private-sector climate and environmental policy experts in Washington.

Climate Change Regulation and Legislation

Global Policy Group^®  has assisted clients on U.S. federal, regional, and state legislative and regulatory initiatives related to climate change, including:

• proposed cap-and-trade legislation in the U.S. Congress and key issues related to such legislation, including emissions caps, allowances, offsets, auctions, and border adjustment provisions

• alternative approaches to addressing climate change, including carbon taxes

• U.S. policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by promoting the use of renewable energy technologies, like wind and solar, and by improving energy efficiency

• U.S. attitudes toward international efforts to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol

• pending federal and state regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles

• regional U.S. climate initiatives, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the Western Climate Initiative, and the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Accord

• climate legislation and regulation in leading states, including California

• impact of proposed climate regulations on utilities, nuclear power, clean coal and CCS, natural gas, automakers, and renewable energy firms

In addition, Global Policy Group^®  published a major study, On the Road to Copenhagen: Next Steps in U.S. Climate Policy, in November 2009.

Environmental Regulation and Legislation

Global Policy Group^®  has assisted clients on federal and California environmental legislation and regulation, with a focus on clean air issues.  Recent topics have included:

• federal regulation of light and heavy vehicle tailpipe and evaporative emissions, and federal initiatives to promote the production of “green” vehicles

• federal regulation of emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants

• proposed federal and state renewable electricity standards and efforts to promote the use of nuclear power and renewable sources to generate electricity

• recycling of lead-acid and advanced automotive batteries, and proposals for the mandated “end-of-life” recycling of motor vehicles and information technology equipment

• measures to enhance the energy efficiency of appliances and other products

• analyses of how environmental policies affect companies and industries, including firms in the automotive, energy, utility, IT, iron and steel, building products, and other sectors

Global Policy Group^®  has ongoing relationships on climate and environmental issues with companies in the utility, automotive, oil and gas, financial services, and information technology industries.

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