Why Monetary Policy Should Go Green
Alexander Barkawi | 19 May 2017
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Climate Change,
Collateral Frameworks,
Green Finance,
QE Monetary policy is rarely a topic in debates on green finance. It should.
The €60bn that the European Central Bank is currently injecting into financial markets on a monthly basis are a case in point. Its intervention amounts to nearly three times as much as the
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Climate Change, Carbon Pricing and Energy Tax Expenditures
Agustin Redonda | 6 October 2016
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Carbon Pricing,
Climate Change,
Energy,
Tax Expenditures Climate change is moving up policy agendas worldwide. Last year’s COP21 was yet another wake-up call that the international community needs to take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The main outcome of the meeting, the Paris Agreement, was a significant milestone in
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Global Finance, Debt and Sustainability
3 October 2016, Zurich, Switzerland Lectures,
Monetary | Tags:
Climate Change,
Debt,
Financial Regulation,
Housing,
Inequality CEP Lecture by Adair Turner co-hosted with the IMF. Lord Turner has been a Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking since 2013, and in 2015 became Chairman of the Institute’s Governing Body.
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