This article examines how addressing climate-related risks and supporting mitigation and adaptation policies fit into central bank mandates. We conduct... Read more
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In this post for the Sustainable Finance Leadership series, Ma Jun and Nick Robins describe the need for a systematic approach by central banks and financial supervisors to biodiversity and outline the role for a new study group launched by the NGFS and INSPIRE. Read more
This paper studies how institutional dynamics might affect the implementation of climate-related financial policies and discusses the scenarios that might originate from the current institutional setting. Read more
Central Banks, including the Bank of England, the Banque de France, the European Central Bank and the United States Federal Reserve System, must each have an explicitly strategy for helping countries to achieve net-zero emissions, according to a report published today (15 March 2021) Read more
This report examines the role that central banks and financial supervisors could play in supporting the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, providing recommendations for action across seven areas of central bank and supervisory practice. Read more
Nick Robins reviews Kim Stanley Robinson’s recent novel ‘The Ministry for the Future’. Read more
A toolbox for central banks and financial supervisors of options to align their COVID-19 crisis response measures with climate and sustainability objectives and mitigate potential sustainability risks, updated with new analysis. Read more
Central banks have so far not made the connection between their substantial COVID response programmes and their deepening commitment to action on climate change, according to a new report published today (November 23rd). Read more
Roberta Pierfederici explains why new climate scenarios are a crucial step forward for informing central banks’ and supervisors’ response to climate risk, but recommends improvements for the methodological framework. Read more
