{"podcast":{"title":"Climate Economics with Fexingo: Carbon Pricing, Green Policy, and Sustainability Costs","slug":"climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781","podcast_index_feed_id":7871781,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":119,"summary":"Lucas and Luna break down the real economics behind carbon pricing, green policy, and the hidden costs of sustainability. Each episode examines a specific mechanism — from EU ETS permit prices to the impact of US Inflation Reduction Act subsidies on corporate balance sheets — and traces how these policies ripple through energy markets, manufacturing, and consumer prices. Lucas brings the numbers and institutional context (how the World Bank's carbon pricing dashboard works, what the Social Cost of Carbon actually measures), while Luna pushes for the practical implications: does a €50 carbon tax actually change behavior? What happens when a steel plant in Germany faces both emission costs and Chinese competition? The show serves investors, policy analysts, and business leaders who need to understand climate-related financial risk without the activism or greenwashing. Listeners walk away able to parse a carbon offset market, evaluate a company's net-zero roadmap, and spot the difference between a real price signal and a political slogan. How do you put a number on a ton of carbon — and who pays when that number is wrong? #CarbonPricing #GreenPolicy #SustainabilityCosts #EUETS #Infla…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:19:03.667812+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781"},"episode":{"title":"Efficiency as the Fastest Climate Investment","slug":"efficiency-as-the-fastest-climate-investment","published_at":"2026-06-26T19:25:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781/efficiency-as-the-fastest-climate-investment","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics/episode-0075.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics/episode-0075.mp3","summary":"Episode 75 of Climate Economics looks at industrial energy efficiency as the most overlooked low-cost decarbonization lever. We examine how the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings Initiative has helped manufacturers cut energy intensity by 2.5 percent per year since 2011. Lucas breaks down the $1.2 trillion in cumulative energy savings from efficiency measures across the U.S. economy since 2000. Luna challenges the perception that efficiency is boring compared to solar or carbon removal. We discuss the 'efficiency gap'—why companies leave 20 to 30 percent savings on the table due to split incentives and short payback requirements. We also look at JPMorgan Chase's 2026 report on industrial heat pumps and smart motor systems as a $400 billion market opportunity. Hosts: Lucas and Luna. Fexingo Business podcast network. #EnergyEfficiency #IndustrialEfficiency #BetterBuildingsInitiative #DepartmentOfEnergy #EfficiencyGap #LowCostDecarbonization #IndustrialHeatPumps #SmartMotors #JPMorganChase #ClimateEconomics #Economics #Fexingo #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ClimatePolicy #Sustainability #GreenInvestment #EnergySavings Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 75 of Climate Economics looks at industrial energy efficiency as the most overlooked low-cost decarbonization lever. We examine how the U.S. Depar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":463,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781/episodes/efficiency-as-the-fastest-climate-investment/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781/efficiency-as-the-fastest-climate-investment.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}