Climate Change Adds to Risk for Banks, but EU Lending Proposals Will Do More Harm Than Good
Arnoud Boot and
Dirk Schoenmaker | 17 January 2018
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Climate Change,
Financial Stability,
Macroprudential Regulation Climate change is a relevant risk factor for the banking sector, but the European Commission's plan to lower capital requirements for greener investments is irresponsible in encouraging banks to forego proper risk management.
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Central Banking and Green Finance
28-29 November, 2017. Co-organized with De Nederlandsche Bank Monetary,
Workshops | Tags:
Climate Change,
Financial Regulation,
Green Finance When the Leaders of the G20 met in China in 2016 they highlighted the necessity to scale up green financing. They also endorsed efforts to “provide clear strategic policy signals and frameworks” to target this objective. The question to what extent central banks can and
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Is It Time To Take Away The Carbon Punch Bowl?
Josh Ryan-Collins | 5 September 2017
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Climate Change,
Financial Stability,
Macroprudential Regulation Climate change poses serious financial risks. Perhaps the biggest systemic risk is a disorderly transition to a low carbon economy. As noted in the Bank of England’s ‘response to Climate Change’, current forecasts suggest that to keep global average temperatures below 2 degrees, around two-thirds of
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Why Monetary Policy Should Go Green
Alexander Barkawi | 19 May 2017
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Climate Change,
Collateral Frameworks,
Green Finance,
QE Guest Post, FT Alphaville. 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
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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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