On June 2, 2022, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission
(CFTC) issued a Request for Information ("RFI") for
"public comment on climate-related financial risk to better
inform its understanding and oversight of climate-related financial
risk as pertinent to the derivatives markets and underlying
commodities markets." According to the RFI, the CFTC is
contemplating "potential future actions including, but not
limited to, issuing new or amended guidance, interpretations,
policy statements, regulations, or other potential Commission
action within its authority under the Commodity Exchange Act as
well as its participation in any domestic or international
fora."
Specifically, the RFI issued by the CFTC is quite wide-ranging,
and engages with numerous aspects of the CFTC's authority,
focusing on both systemic and narrow issues. For example, the CFTC
has, among other things, issued a broad request for comment on how
"its existing regulatory framework and market oversight
