Jamie Woolley

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Jamie Woolley is editor of Green Central Banking and has worked on climate change and environmental issues for nearly 20 years. He has previously worked at Greenpeace and the BBC, and has also been a freelance writer, editor and communications consultant.

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News | September 17, 2024

Coming soon: the new Green Central Banking Scorecard

The new Green Central Banking Scorecard is about to be revealed. Join us for the online launch event on Thursday 26 September.
A stack of three novels with a pair of sunglasses on top sits on an outdoor table. In the background, a beach stretches to the blue sea, deck chairs, parasols and palm trees dotting the sand.
News | July 23, 2024

Books (and papers) for the beach: summer reading recommendations

Ditch the airport blockbuster and browse our summer reading roundup of the best books, papers and reports on macroeconomics, financial regulation and climate change.
An oil rig at sea with the sun setting
News | January 12, 2023

Report: fossil fuel crash could cost $6.8tn in bailouts by 2030

Governments could face huge bailout bills and job losses in the event of a crash in the fossil-fuel market, according to climate advocates.
A pump at a US gas station
Research | December 24, 2022

Tackling Fossilflation

This report by Positive Money US analyses the role of “fossilflation” in causing inflation and provides policy recommendations to replace the existing framework that solely relies on the Federal Reserve.
Wind turbine models on a desk
Research | November 17, 2022

Net-Zero Transition Plans

This report discusses how central banks and supervisors can use prudential transition plans to assess and address climate and environmental risks.
Two men work beneath a ground-mounted solar panel surrounded by brown hills in Afghanistan
Research | October 14, 2022

Greening Capital Requirements

This paper makes the case for differentiated capital requirements as a tool to green the financial system and reduce the buildup of physical environmental risks.
A person stands at the edge of a vast open-cast coal mine
Research | October 6, 2022

A Safer Transition for Fossil Banking

This report quantifies the additional capital needed to reflect the financial stability risk associated with banks’ fossil fuel exposures.
Wind and solar at dusk
Research | September 23, 2022

Managing Inflation by Boosting Energy Transition

This Reclaim Finance report examines climate-related inflation, arguing that managing this price instability requires the ECB to support a clean energy transition.
Interview
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News | September 22, 2022

‘Stabilising money requires stabilising the biosphere’

Novelist Kim Stanley Robinson explains why he put central banks at the centre of a near-future novel about climate change, and how rethinking the global financial system is a vital step in tackling the environmental crisis.
A person wades through floodwaters outside the Doge's Palace in Venice
Research | September 20, 2022

NGFS Scenarios for Central Banks and Supervisors

The NGFS has released the third iteration of their climate scenarios, updating them with the latest economic and climate data, current national policy commitments and improved modelling of physical risks. …
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Research | September 15, 2022

Not Too Late

This NGFS paper compares current fossil energy price increases to an involuntary price on carbon, arguing that they offer a “narrow but unique opportunity” to accelerate the transition to net zero.

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