Morning Brief: Biden poised to issue climate finance EO

President Joe Biden is poised to issue a new executive order (EO) focused on addressing climate change risks to the nation’s financial system and the government writ large, a move that would address separate calls from both Congress’ watchdog as well as consumer and labor groups to boost his administration’s efforts in this area. A report in Bloomberg cites a draft document that is “nearing completion” that would mandate a government-wide strategy on tackling climate risks to public and...