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News| July 13, 2023

Leaked proposal on EU insurance capital framework draws criticism

Climate advocates accuse policymakers of ‘watering down climate ambition’ on Solvency 2 reforms.
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News| June 26, 2023

Civil society delegation calls on regulators and central banks to end fossil fuel financing

Climate activists met with the Bank of International Settlements on Tuesday to ask regulators to increase capital requirements for fossil fuel investments as well as insurance companies. …
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News| May 2, 2023

Protestors demand an end to SNB fossil financing

Campaigners and shareholders used the Swiss National Bank’s general meeting to demand and end to investments in fossil fuel companies.
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News| February 21, 2023

What are climate-adjusted capital requirements?

Much discussed but not yet in force, climate-adjusted capital requirements are viewed by many as a key element in the bank regulation toolkit to address climate-related risks.
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News| February 3, 2023

Systemic view needed when implementing climate regulation, says World Bank

Climate-related prudential measures must be carefully calibrated in order to avoid migrating risks to smaller lenders, World Bank economists have warned.
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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.
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News| January 31, 2023

BoE puts climate capital plans on hold

The Bank of England will not release guidance in the near future on potential changes to its capital framework in light of mounting climate-related risks, despite an earlier commitment to do so.
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News| January 25, 2023

EU lawmakers opt against one-for-one climate capital requirements

EU lawmakers have opted against supporting a one-for-one capital rule for lending to new fossil fuel projects, despite backing a similar measure for crypto assets.
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News| January 23, 2023

EU lawmakers to vote on one-for-one climate capital measures

The European Parliament’s economic affairs committee is due to vote on a proposal to require banks to hold additional capital against fossil fuel loans.
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News| January 19, 2023

Fed scenario analysis, World Bank reform push and ECB deadline: 2023 in green central banking

The Fed’s inaugural climate scenario analysis exercise and an ECB deadline on banks’ management of climate risks are among the key milestones in green central banking in the year ahead.
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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.

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