CFTC Withdraws Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk

FR: Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Published March 16th, 2026

Detected March 18th, 2026

Summary

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn its June 8, 2022, Request for Information (RFI) concerning climate-related financial risk. This withdrawal is effective March 16, 2026, following the revocation of Executive Order 14030.

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has formally withdrawn its Request for Information (RFI) on climate-related financial risk, which was initially published on June 8, 2022. The withdrawal is a direct consequence of the revocation of Executive Order 14030 by a subsequent Executive Order and the existence of existing regulatory frameworks addressing financial risks within the CFTC's purview.

This action means that the public comment period for the RFI is now closed, and no further responses will be solicited or considered under that specific request. Regulated entities do not need to take any new actions related to the withdrawn RFI. The CFTC has indicated that this withdrawal is not considered a significant regulatory action and does not require review under Executive Order 12866.

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Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk; Withdrawal

A Notice by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on 03/18/2026

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Public Inspection Published Document: 2026-05314 (91 FR 13017) Document Headings ###### 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, mfajfar@cftc.gov, 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

87 FR 34856 (June 8, 2022).

Back to Citation 2. E.O. 14030, 87 FR 27967 (May 20, 2021).

Back to Citation 3. E.O. 14154, 90 FR 8353, 8354 (Jan 29, 2025).

Back to Citation 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).

Back to Citation 5. 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.

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

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Published Document: 2026-05314 (91 FR 13017)