Insurance Protection for Climate-Resilient Progress
Patrick Lenain | 27 March 2026
Fiscal,
Monetary,
Op-Eds | Tags:
Climate Risks,
Insurance,
Vietnam This op-ed was first published in the Vietnam Investment Review. The World Bank has estimated that about $300 billion of the country’s commercial and industrial assets are vulnerable to climate-related disasters. Patrick Lenain, senior associate at the Council on Economic Policies, looks at the gaps
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Fortifying the Role of Finance After Indonesia’s Floods
Muhammad Qaisar and
Togi Prakoso | 14 March 2026
Monetary,
Op-Eds | Tags:
Climate Risks,
Financial Stability,
Governing Finance,
Indonesia,
Macroprudential Policy The floods are a stark reminder that finance is never neutral. When well governed, it can absorb shocks, speed reconstruction and strengthen resilience. When misaligned, it can amplify fragilities and lock in future risks.
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The Macroprudential Response to Climate Systemic Risk: Four Essential Pillars
Laura Bartolomeu,
Wildmer Gregori,
Pierre Monnin and
Fátima Silva | 26 February 2026
Monetary,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Climate Risks,
Financial Stability,
Macroprudential Policy,
Portugal,
Systemic Risks While existing macroprudential policy toolkits can already be deployed to address climate-related systemic risk, their implementation shall account for the data available to assess climate-related risks, the state of knowledge about them, and the institutional frameworks in which macroprudential instruments operate.
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Confronting Climate Change in the Philippines: Building Resilience while Cutting Emissions
Patrick Lenain | 13 February 2026
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
Carbon Pricing,
Climate Risks,
Energy,
Renewables,
The Philippines Climate change is not a distant threat for the Philippines. Preparing for a warmer and more volatile future will require building on past progress in investing into climate change adaptation, combined with carbon pricing and cleaner power generation.
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Central Banks Must Guide Asean+3 Through Age of Novel Risks
Aziz Durrani and
Julia Anna Bingler | 14 October 2025
Monetary,
Op-Eds | Tags:
ASEAN+3,
Central Banks,
Climate Risks,
Macroprudential Policy The prosperity of Asean+3 economies – the 10 South-east Asian nations plus China (including Hong Kong), Japan and South Korea – hinges on whether policymakers, central banks and financial supervisors can navigate an increasingly complex landscape of novel risks.
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Beyond Data: A Macroprudential Policy to Break the Tragedy of the Horizon
Pierre Monnin | 10 October 2025
Monetary,
Op-Eds | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risks,
Financial Supervisors,
Macroprudential Policy Ten years ago, in his speech ‘Breaking the Tragedy of the Horizon’, Mark Carney, then Governor of the Bank of England – and now Prime Minister of Canada – issued a warning: climate change is ‘imposing a cost on future generations that the current generation
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From Risk to Resilience. Closing the Climate Insurance Protection Gap
Jérôme Crugnola-Humbert | 8 September 2025
Monetary,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Climate Risks,
Financial Stability,
Inequality,
Insurance When insurers stop covering climate risks, these risks are transferred onto individuals, businesses, and taxpayers. Insufficient insurance coverage not only undermines the financial system’s ability to absorb shocks but also has wider economic, fiscal, and social repercussions.
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A Macroprudential Approach to Compound Climate Risks
Paul Hiebert and
Pierre Monnin | 5 September 2025
Monetary,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Climate Risks,
Financial Stability,
Macroprudential Policy,
Systemic Risks Macroprudential authorities can make an integral contribution to a more resilient financial system capable of withstanding the evolving challenges posed by climate change, economic shocks and their complex interplay.
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Addressing Novel Risks, Strengthening Finance, and Building Resilience in ASEAN+3
Julia Anna Bingler and
Aziz Durrani | 1 September 2025
Monetary,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
ASEAN+3,
Central Banks,
Climate Risks,
Financial Regulation,
Financial Supervision Welfare and economic growth in ASEAN+3 depend on the region’s ability to align economic priorities and the effective management of novel risks with the need to address structural challenges, associated transformations and the ability to harness future opportunities.
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Climate Change and Inflation Targeting Frameworks
14 April 2025 | 18.00 CET | Online | Co-hosted with E-axes Forum Monetary,
Webinar | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risks,
Financial Stability,
Inflation How can monetary policy adapt in a world where negative supply shocks caused by climate change as well as the introduction of carbon taxes may intensify persistent inflationary pressures?.
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