Lea Schewe, @oberthuerseb.bsky.social and I, argue that Strategic Dialogues do hold some potential to improve agenda setting, but the current formats lacks significantly on broad and balanced representation, transparency and accountability, and space for meaningful discussion.

This highlights the political relevant of the EU CBAM, and further suggests that unilateral climate policies, like the CBAM, can drive climate policy in third countries and internationally.

It maps political responses by 32 countries from 2019 to 2024, distinguishing along a typology of opposition, cooperation and policy adoption.

It finds that the analysed countries have shown a wide range of political responses, covering the entire spectrum analysed.

We conclude that the main barrier to addressing these priorities is rooted in (geo)politics rather than a lack of suitable institutions. Consequently, international cooperation for EII decarbonization may best be advanced through incrementally developing existing institutions.

We find that international cooperation for industry decarbonization has advanced significantly in the 2020s, but key gaps remain regarding rules for collective action, means of implementation, landscape orchestration/coordination, and a more equal coverage of different sub-sectors and regions.

In this article we investigate the state of global governance for the deep decarbonization of EIIs and identify key options for mobilizing the so far underexploited potential of this global governance.