Webinar: Sustainability Policy: Crafting the EU's Response to the IRA

The EU has long been a leader in sustainability policy, pioneering approaches such as carbon emissions caps and marketplaces, chemical restrictions for environmental health and safety (e.g. REACH, or Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals), and more. In 2022, the U.S. appeared to take the lead on climate policy with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a muscular set of grants and incentives. While some in the EU have decried the IRA as protectionism, the stage is now set for an era of much stronger government intervention.  

How should the EU draft its policy responses, and how should companies prepare for the next phase?