Higher capital costs mean low-carbon investments are at a disadvantage with higher interest rates, but a dual rate policy can solve that problem.

The ECB’s failure to remove bonds issued by carbon-intensive companies from its portfolio goes against its climate plans, says finance campaigner Kuba Gogolewski from Greenpeace.

Voluntary initiatives for net-zero aligned finance have failed, so the EU must introduce regulations to prepare its industries for the transition economy, say Vincent Vandeloise and Pablo Grandjean of Finance Watch.

Special drawing rights could stimulate green energy in low-income countries while avoiding additional debt burdens but a new mechanism is needed to deploy them effectively, says Matthias Kroll of the World Future Council.

The greatest net-zero transition risks are borne by lower-income countries so they need to be economically resilient to weather the storm, says Saliem Fakir of the African Climate Foundation.

Not all eurozone central banks are as active as the European Central Bank on climate-related policies, and some are even blocking progress, says Clarisse Murphy of Reclaim Finance.

The Federal Reserve stands apart from its peers in downplaying climate risk, even as some parts of the US become uninsurable, says Alex Martin of Americans for Financial Reform.

The G7 has a renewed oppportunity to shape financial reform and address the climate crisis, but has so far failed to take full advantage, says Sima Kammourieh of E3G. …

In the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the Fed has said a precautionary approach towards risk is needed. Will this be applied to climate-related risk, ask Anne Perrault and David Arkush of Public Citizen.

A new analysis from WWF reveals what progress has been made in climate-releated banking regulation and supervision in Asia Pacific nations, and how much still needs to be done.

What can Asia Pacific countries do to improve climate-related banking regulation and supervision? A team of policy experts from WWF provide the answers.