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Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk; Withdrawal

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is formally withdrawing a request for information published on June 8, 2022, titled "Request for Information on...

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

AGENCY:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION:

Notice; withdrawal.

SUMMARY:

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission” or “CFTC”) is formally withdrawing a request for information published on June 8, 2022, titled “Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk.”

DATES:

The Commission is withdrawing the request for information published at 87 FR 34856 (June 8, 2022) as of March 16, 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Fajfar, Senior Assistant General Counsel, 202-418-6636, , Office of the General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1151 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On June 8, 2022, the Commission published a request for information (“RFI”) in the Federal Register seeking public responses regarding climate-related financial risk as pertinent to the derivatives markets and underlying commodities markets.[1] The RFI was based on Executive Order 14030 on Climate-Related Financial Risk (E.O. 14030).[2]

Withdrawal of Request for Information

On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14154 on Unleashing American Energy which, among other things, revoked E.O. 14030.[3] Further, Commission regulations provide a uniform regulatory framework that addresses financial risks.[4] In view of this revocation and ( printed page 13018) these existing regulations, the Commission is withdrawing the RFI.

Executive Order 12866

The Office of Management and Budget has determined that this action is not a significant regulatory action as defined in Executive Order 12866, as amended, and therefore it was not subject to Executive Order 12866 review.

Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act,[5] the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has designated this rule as not a “major rule,” as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2026, by the Commission.

Christopher Kirkpatrick,

Secretary of the Commission.

Note:

The following appendix will not appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Climate-Related Financial Risk; Withdrawal of Request for Information—Commission Voting Summary

On this matter, Chairman Selig voted in the affirmative. No Commissioner voted in the negative.

Footnotes

1.  87 FR 34856 (June 8, 2022).

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4.   See, e.g., Subpart D (Contracts Not Readily Subject to Manipulation), Subpart E (Prevention of Market Disruption), and Subpart L (Financial Integrity of Transactions) in part 38 of the Commission regulations, 17 CFR part 38 (Designated Contract Markets).

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[FR Doc. 2026-05314 Filed 3-17-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351-01-P

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91 FR 13017

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“Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk; Withdrawal,” thefederalregister.org (March 18, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-05314/request-for-information-on-climate-related-financial-risk-withdrawal.