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Two young people carry large electrical equipment as they wade through floodwaters in Mozambique
September 20, 2022

Africa losing up to 15% of GDP growth due to climate change

Africa losing up to 15% of GDP growth to climate change, drought contributing to global food price inflation, Bundesbank calls for urgent transition and more from this week in green central banking.
African Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Bundesbank, De Nederlandsche Bank
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Lars Peter Hansen
May 13, 2022

Weekly roundup: call for regulators to understand climate uncertainty

A Nobel laureate says supervisors must understand climate uncertainty, systemic risk buffers and climate risk, an FSB call for transparency, cooperation and a holistic perspective, and more from this week in green central banking.
Te Pūtea Matua / Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Bank of International Settlements, De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank
A gold bitcoin standing on its edge on a relfective surface, another gold coin out of focus in the background
March 30, 2022

White House investigates crypto’s climate impact

The White House has opened an investigation into the climate impacts of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.
Bank of Canada, De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve
A pile of cryptocurrency coins
January 21, 2022

Weekly roundup: Fed confirmations, collateral assets and bitcoin

The US Senate banking committee chair on Fed confirmations, climate risks to asset backed securities, the huge carbon footprint of bitcoin transactions and other news from this week in green central banking.
Central Bank of Uganda, Banque de France, De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank
Fruit on a market stall
January 14, 2022

Weekly roundup: food price inflation and shadow banking

Biodiversity loss and financial stability, the effects of extreme weather on food prices, Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel on climate and monetary policy, shadow climate risk and more from this week in green central banking.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Bank of England, Banque de France, Bundesbank, De Nederlandsche Bank, Federal Reserve
Flooding in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands in July 2021
December 13, 2021

DNB finds Dutch banks failing on climate risk

A survey by De Nederlandsche Bank of Dutch financial institutions has found that most do not explicitly manage their climate-related risks, and just 10% of banks incorporate sustainability into their overall risk management processes.
De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank
Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China
November 4, 2021

Cop26: NGFS’s declaration of action and low-cost funds from PBoC

NGFS chair Frank Elderson announces further work on monetary policy analysis, PBoC’s Yi Gang reveals new monetary policy analysis, plus more from the Cop26 finance day.
World Bank, Bank of International Settlements, Banco Central do Brasil, De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank, People's Bank of China
NASA visualisation of climate change
September 10, 2021

Weekly roundup: ‘Green Flamingos’ and Danmarks Nationalbank on climate price stability

Danish central bank on climate and price stability, new EU climate reporting standards, the ‘Green Flamingo’ of emerging markets and how Latin American central banks failing on climate change. This and more from this week in green central banking…
Bank of Thailand, Bank of Italy, Bank of International Settlements, Danmarks Nationalbank, Bank Negara Malaysia, Banco Central do Brasil, Bank of England, Banque de France, De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve
A tree seen from below
July 23, 2021

Weekly roundup: new DNB green policies and central bank independence

Also disclosure recommendations from the Bank of Russia and questions over the appointment of a new Fed chair.
Bank of Russia, Bank of Japan, De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve
Klaas Knot, president of the DNB
May 20, 2021

DNB president outlines green monetary policy options

The concept of market neutrality may conflict with the primary and secondary objectives of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) mandate, claimed the Dutch central bank president in a keynote speech about green monetary policy today.
De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank
May 14, 2021

Weekly Roundup: US climate risk and debate on ECB market neutrality

Weekly roundup on calls for U.S. climate risk regulation, ECB market neutrality debate continues and The Fed asks lenders for details of climate risk.
De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve

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