{"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 Concrete Could Slash Construction Emissions","slug":"how-green-concrete-could-slash-construction-emissions","published_at":"2026-06-10T18:58:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781/how-green-concrete-could-slash-construction-emissions","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-0043.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics/episode-0043.mp3","summary":"Concrete production accounts for about 8 percent of global CO2 emissions — more than aviation. But a wave of startups and legacy cement makers are now commercializing 'green concrete' that cuts emissions by 30 to 70 percent. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into the chemistry behind cement, the economics of carbon capture at kilns, and why a concrete plant in Norway just became the first to deliver net-zero concrete to a commercial building site. They also discuss the 'green premium' — how much extra builders pay, and whether policy or market forces will close the gap. Specific numbers: 2.8 billion tons of cement produced annually; a 50 percent emissions cut adds roughly 15 to 20 percent to cost; Norway's Heidelberg Materials plant aims to capture 400,000 tons of CO2 per year by 2027. If you've heard that concrete is a 'hard to abate' sector, this episode explains exactly why — and what's changing right now. #GreenConcrete #CementEmissions #CarbonCapture #ConstructionEmissions #HeidelbergMaterials #NetZero #HardToAbate #GreenPremium #CO2Reduction #SustainableBuilding #Cleantech #ClimateTech #IndustrialDecarbonization #Economics #ClimateEconomics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #PodcastEpisode Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Concrete production accounts for about 8 percent of global CO2 emissions — more than aviation. But a wave of startups and legacy cement makers are now com…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":733,"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-concrete-could-slash-construction-emissions/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-concrete-could-slash-construction-emissions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}