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
Investment gaps are standing in the way of achieving global climate goals. In this commentary, José Viñals highlights the need to increase finance flows to developing markets in the spirit of solidarity and shared responsibility for the net zero transition. Read more
More needs to be done to ensure the accountability and credibility of net zero commitments made by a range of actors. This response to a UN consultation offers evidence and recommendations on how this can be done. Read more
UK Banks and investors should make sure that their investments in the farming, forestry and fishing sectors deliver climate and biodiversity goals in ways that are fair and inclusive for workers, communities and consumers, according to a new report published today (23 August 2022). Read more
This report explores how financial institutions can support the ‘just nature transition’: a shift to a net zero economy that delivers decent work, social inclusion and the eradication of poverty while delivering biodiversity goals. Read more
This paper highlights the need to green central banks' collateral frameworks and presents two different approaches to incorporating environmental criteria. Read more
Investments, innovation, policy and finance all play a central role in defining the economic growth model of the 21st century. This commentary argues that better collaboration on these four major issues is vital if we want to create a sustainable, resilient and inclusive future for all. Read more
This paper highlights how an innovative public-private programme that focuses on Northern Ireland's housing stock can help to fund an equitable low-carbon economy, through the use of a 'Just Transition Bond'. Read more
In this article, Nick Robins argues that the just transition, centralising impacts that are positive to people, and a shift to sustainability must be core to financed climate plans. 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