This report is intended as a stocktake of the current context for central bank and financial supervisory action on biodiversity loss. It sets out the state of understanding on the linkages between biodiversity-related risks and financial stability, provides examples of emerging central bank and private finance activity, and identifies key themes, challenges and open questions. Read more
Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates - and the economic and financial risks associated with this loss are growing. But there are steps that central banks and financial supervisors could take, finds a new report published today by a group of sustainable finance experts. Read more
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 report provides an overview of the 21 projects commissioned by INSPIRE - the International Network for Sustainable Financial Policy Insights, Research and Exchange - up to spring 2020. The first preliminary results presented in this report point towards important policy implications, as well to the need for further research and exchange between researchers and central banks and supervisors. Read more
As recognition grows rapidly among central banks of the need for routine consideration of climate change risks, robust research is required to guide and underpin their actions. Nick Robins and Matthias Täger introduce a new global research network designed to build these foundations. Read more
