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A flamingo sat in water, its chest and wing feathers puffed out
News| May 19, 2023

S&P releases biodiversity and nature risk dataset

S&P Global has developed a dataset which will enable central banks to assess the financial risks associated with ecosystem decline.
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News| May 5, 2023

Sri Lanka becomes latest country to consider debt-for-nature swaps

Debt-for-nature swaps are on the rise, as Sri Lanka and other developing countries look to debt forgiveness in exchange for protecting the environment. …
A flooded street, the waters reaching nearly to the top of a street sign
News| April 28, 2023

Report: banks continue to finance fossil fuels, despite net-zero promises

A new report shows that the world’s 60 largest banks provided US$673bn in fossil fuel finance in 2022, undermining net-zero pledges and emphasising the urgent need for greater banking regulation.
Workers installing solar panels in Devon, UK
News| April 12, 2023

Climate advocates support UK’s green finance strategy but say more must be done

Advocates note “the window for reallocating capital in line with a 1.5ºC transition is narrow, and current action is falling short”.
A horned rhino bending its head down towards a field of yellow-brown grass
News| March 22, 2023

Credit Suisse failure may affect nature financing

The bank’s sale to UBS leaves nature finance markets in limbo as other institutions will need to decide whether to fill the space the bank occupied until now.
Opinion
A diver swims among tall fronds of kelp as sunlight streams down from the surface
News| March 6, 2023

Nature is not just at risk, it is in freefall. What must central banks do?

New data shows that central banks and financial regulators are failing to address the risks posed by damage to the natural world. This can – and must – change, says WWF’s policy expert Maud Abdelli.
Weekly roundup
Three blue-and-yellow macaws perched on a branch
News| February 1, 2023

Central banks urged to study nature-economy tipping points

Nature-related risk assessments must consider tipping points, World Bank considers impact of climate capital measures, and more from this week in green central banking.
A glacier meanders down the bare-rock slopes of the snow-capped Alps
News| November 7, 2022

Swiss government accused of downplaying SNB’s climate responsibilities

The Swiss Federal Council has adopted a report saying the SNB has a limited role in supporting environmental action, drawing criticism from civil society groups.
Weekly roundup
Worker installing solar panels
News| October 31, 2022

New York Fed report recommends lower rates for energy efficiency

The New York Fed on funding energy efficiency renovations, the BdF’s deputy governor on tipping points and transformative change, a prototype BIS green bond platform, and more from this week in green central banking.
Weekly roundup
Ravi Menon speaking at a conference lecturn
News| October 25, 2022

NGFS chair calls climate change ‘the mother of all supply-side shocks’

The NGFS chair on climate change supply shocks, the ECB’s Frank Elderson on the biodiversity risks threatening financial markets, an ISSB requirement for scope 3 emissions disclosure and more from this week in green central banking.
Opinion
Smoke pours from a slender an industrial red and white chimney stack against a deep blue sky
News| October 5, 2022

Pricing ‘always harmful’ activities soothes inflation and safeguards financial stability

Defining which economic activities always have negative environmental impacts will highlight areas of greatest financial risk, say backers of a new climate roadmap.

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