CFTC Acting Chairman Rostin Behnam on Climate Risk in the US Financial System

What does climate risk represent to the US financial system? Listen
to Jason Mitchell discuss with Commissioner Rostin Behnam, Acting
Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, about how
the CFTC is thinking about climate risk, what those implications
mean for derivatives markets and why well-developed carbon and
carbon offset markets will support the transition to a net zero
economy. To read the full transcript of this episode here.
Commissioner Ross Behnam is Acting Chairman of the U.S. Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As sponsor of the CFTC’s Market
Risk Advisory Committee, Chairman Behnam led the development of the
report, Managing Climate Risk in the US Financial System, published
in September last year. Previously, he was a senior counsel to
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) at the Senate Agricultural
Committee, focusing on p