Japanese policymakers should work with the investment sector to ensure its economic growth plans help the energy transition, argues policy expert Sam Hall.

Better emissions data could help central banks identify genuine decarbonisation and clarify financial risk, writes Ramana Gudipudi.

Preliminary studies find Thailand’s planned Malaysia interconnector is “no longer feasible”, as data centres drive up domestic power demand.

Climate change and geopolitical volatility are interconnected risks. Financial institutions can use existing climate-risk tools to manage both, write three financial policy experts.

As global warming impacts are increasingly felt, the EU should turn climate adaptation from a national responsibility into a genuine European policy.

An updated guide for central banks proposes a series of tools for integrating climate and nature-related financial risks into prudential supervision.

This month’s GCB roundup looks at the latest political developments shaping the EU’s sustainability agenda.

The central bank should adapt its monetary framework to ensure decarbonisation does not deepen economic inequality. …

Several bank sustainability heads downplayed AI data centre risks as critics warn of fossil fuel lock-in and water risks beyond the facilities themselves.

Climate activists needed a Lehman moment, but got Houston instead.

Emissions help gauge physical and transition risks, but Hong Kong’s financial regulator currently does not require banks to disclose financed emissions.