{"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":"How Green Bonds Are Becoming the New Municipal Bond","slug":"how-green-bonds-are-becoming-the-new-municipal-bond","published_at":"2026-07-04T07:06:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781/how-green-bonds-are-becoming-the-new-municipal-bond","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-0090.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics/episode-0090.mp3","summary":"Episode 90 of Climate Economics with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna explore how green bonds are quietly replacing traditional municipal bonds as the go-to funding tool for infrastructure projects. Focusing on the US municipal market, they break down the $500 billion muni bond universe and how green-labeled bonds now account for 12% of new issuance, up from just 2% five years ago. They discuss the specific case of California's $4.2 billion green general obligation bond in 2025, which funded water efficiency and wildfire resilience, and how it priced at a 15-basis-point 'greenium' — meaning issuers actually borrow more cheaply. The hosts also cover the controversy: no universal standard for what qualifies as 'green', leading to some bonds being labeled 'light green' or 'greenwashing.' They close by asking whether the green muni market can scale without federal standard-setting. Perfect for investors, policy wonks, and anyone curious about where their tax dollars are flowing. #GreenBonds #MunicipalBonds #ClimateFinance #Greenium #California #Infrastructure #BondMarket #ESG #Greenwashing #Sustainability #FixedIncome #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ClimateEconomics #TaxExempt #WaterEfficiency #WildfireResilience Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 90 of Climate Economics with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna explore how green bonds are quietly replacing traditional municipal bonds as the go-to fundin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":732,"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/how-green-bonds-are-becoming-the-new-municipal-bond/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/how-green-bonds-are-becoming-the-new-municipal-bond.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}