For PBOC’s New Green Lending Tool, Transparency and Verification Are Key
Sebastian Guo | 10 December 2021
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Central Banks,
China,
Climate Change,
Targeted Refinancing Lines Global efforts to expedite the transition to a sustainable future require a significant shift in financial flows. The institutions governing finance play a vital role in achieving this objective. Central banks stand at the heart of this endeavor and are increasingly rising to the challenge.
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Governing Finance – The Case for a New Playbook
Alexander Barkawi and
Simon Zadek | 7 April 2021
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Change,
Digital Finance,
Employment,
Financial Supervision,
Governing Finance,
Inequality,
Sustainability Finance impacts all aspects of our lives, from our economies to social cohesion to the ecological systems we depend on for our very survival. As a result, the implications of how we govern finance are fundamental, and ultimately existential. Yet, alarmingly, we are not talking
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Governing Finance for Sustainable Prosperity
Alexander Barkawi and
Simon Zadek | 7 April 2021
Discussion Notes,
Monetary | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Change,
Digital Finance,
Employment,
Financial Supervision,
Governing Finance,
Inequality,
Sustainability Finance impacts all aspects of our lives, from our economies to social cohesion to the ecological systems we depend on for our very survival. As a result, the implications of how we choose to govern finance are fundamental, and ultimately existential.
Whether we succeed in improving
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How to Design Environmentally Beneficial Tax Incentives
Angela Köppl and
Margit Schratzenstaller | 4 March 2021
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Carbon Tax,
Climate Change,
Tax Incentives The fight against climate change requires effective economic policy instruments. In addition to environmental taxes, such as a carbon tax, environmentally beneficial tax incentives that favour less polluting consumption and investment activities can be used to promote climate-friendly behaviour. In search of governments around the
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Central Banks Must Upgrade Their Risk Management
Pierre Monnin | 23 November 2020
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Change,
Climate Risk The COVID-19 crisis is a stark reminder of how sharply asset values can shift. Amid a crashing demand for oil and gas, giant energy companies like BP, Chevron and Shell massively wrote down the value of their assets. And those that did not, like Exxon,
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