In this article for the Green European Journal Danae Kyriakopoulou argues that, as central banks start to change tack after years of loose monetary policy, using the levers of the financial system to fight inflation risks cutting climate investment just as we need it most. Read more
This video profiles why central banks are taking action on climate and nature. It includes presentations by Nick Robins and representatives of central banks from Chile, Malaysia and Zambia. Read more
This book chapter discusses the role that central banks and financial supervisors (CBFSs) can play in scaling up sustainable finance and investment. Read more
This policy brief (produced for the T20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia) highlights the potential of digital solutions and presents six proposals to enhance digital technologies with implications for the Group of 20 (G20) central banks and supervisors. Read more
This paper highlights the need to green central banks' collateral frameworks and presents two different approaches to incorporating environmental criteria. Read more
This report draws attention to some of the important lessons learned from the past few decades regarding the economic pre-conditions for price stability, as contained in the ECB’s 2021 strategy. Read more
Central banks are playing an increasingly active role in promoting the move towards a sustainable global economy. This paper explores the role central banks’ foreign exchange (FX) reserves portfolios can play in this context. Read more
This paper outlines three perspectives on the emerging concept of double materiality, along with their implications for monetary and financial policy and the challenges they raise in theory and practice. Read more
This paper presents an overview of current practices on sustainable and responsible management of central bank portfolios and provides recommendations for central banks on how to introduce sustainable, responsible or ESG (environmental, social and governance) aspects to those portfolios. Read more