Policy Briefs & Reports

CFP Policy Briefs

CFP Policy Brief No. 6 (June 2022): Understanding cost of capital drivers facilitates more effective energy policymaking (Downloaddownload Brief here (PDF, 260 KB))

CFP Policy Brief No. 5 (April 2022): Higher market price risk for renewables and increasing interest rates can lead to political backlash to carbon markets (Downloaddownload Brief here (PDF, 162 KB))

CFP Policy Brief No. 4 (April 2022): European pension funds increasingly divest from fossil fuels—but company pension funds not competing for clients lack behind (Downloaddownload Brief here (PDF, 159 KB))

CFP Policy Brief No. 3 (August 2021): The cost of the EU energy transition depends on cost of capital, and could be substantially lower than simplified models suggest (Downloaddownload Brief here (PDF, 318 KB))

CFP Policy Brief No. 2 (July 2021): Assessing sustainability of cryptocurrencies needs to go beyond energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (Downloaddownload Brief here (PDF, 139 KB))

CFP Policy Brief No. 1 (July 2021): Green financial policies are growing rapidly in the OECD, though many countries limit their action to narrow or non-binding interventions (Downloaddownload Brief here (PDF, 208 KB))

Other Policy Reports

Waidelich, P., Steffen, B. (2023). The Role of State Investment Banks for Renewable Energy Technologies in OECD Countries. Research Brief for MIT CEEPR Working Paper 2023-07. external pageReport website.

Agutu, C., Egli, F., Steffen, B., and Schmidt, T.S. (2022). De-risking off-grid electrification finance and fostering standalone system deployment policies are key to achieving SDG7. Climate Compatible Growth Programme COP27 Policy Brief Series (Version 1). Available at: external pagehttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7107865

Schmidt, T.S., Egli, F., Pahle, M., Polzin, F., Steffen, B. (2021). Finance for Decarbonisation: Financing the European low-carbon energy transition requires strong, consistent policies and low interest rates. Poliy Brief as part of the INNOPATHS project. DownloadReport (PDF, 699 KB).

Egli, F., Steffen, B., Schmidt, T.S. (2019). Learning in the financial sector is essential for reducing renewable energy costs. Policy Brief, Nature Energy, 4, 835–836. external pagewww.nature.com/articles/s41560-019-0482-3

United Nations Environment (2018). Emissions Gap Report 2018, Chapter 6. Bridging the gap: Fiscal reforms for the low-carbon transition, and Chapter 7. Bridging the gap: The role of innovation policy and market creation (contributing author) external pageReport website.

Steffen, B., Hischier, D., Schmidt, T.S. (2018). Current and future energy performance of power generation technologies in Switzerland, report published by the Swiss Academy for Engineering Sciences SATW, Zurich. Report website. external pageReport website.

Steffen, B., Papakonstantinou, V. (2015). Mitigation of Political & Regulatory Risk in Infrastructure Projects, report published by the World Economic Forum, Geneva. external pageReport.